Michaelmas daisies add late fall color in the landscape

Michaelmas falls on September 29th each year, and for The Green Man, the date marks the beginning of the fall holiday season. Halloween is already upon us and only a month away. Now, the Michaelmas daisy is actually an aster, the New York aster, Aster novi-belgii

The Michaelmas daisy This perennial is a prolific and tough performer and easy to grow. It will bloom up to Thanksgiving in this zone 6. Check here to see when they will be available: http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_id/145/index.htm

For information on Michaelmas, check here: http://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Michaelmas/