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Erigeron
karvinskianus
The small daisy
flowers of this plant are borne in profusion from May right through to
the first frosts and often beyond. Its preferred growing conditions are
a fairly dry sandy sunny site. Like many plants, if the conditions are
not right, it just will not be happy. However, the plant is freely seeding,
and in my garden has self seeded itself into the areas that it prefers.
From one plant in a container, it has self seeded itself all the way down
the side of my house, at the point where the red brick meets the tarmac.
Not a very hospitable growing environment you might think, but it seems
to love it, even though the area only gets morning sun for a brief period.
The plant is single stemmed, with a spreading habit and low growing (up
to 6 inches) and so can be easily pulled out if in the wrong place. The
flowers are a constant delight, starting off pink then turning to white.
On one plant you will get a mixture of pink and white flowers throughout
the season. Although the top growth was completely killed off by snow
last year, the plants soon recovered and continue to look stunning in
November.
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