Bastiaan Brak

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09 October 2026 20:42

I went to a reputable garden center to see if they had any Aster macrophyllus ‘Twilight’ in stock and what they looked like. Interestingly they had plants that looked like two different species, one with (yellow) cordate leaves, the other (still green) without. Now waiting for flowers next year.

Bastiaan Brak

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05 October 2026 18:48

Is that substrate specific for G. reginae-olgae or all your snowdrops?

Bastiaan Brak

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01 October 2026 19:58

Thanks! The confusing thing for me is that Eurybia sp. are supposed to be different from Aster in that they have cordate lower leaves, but I don’t see that at all. Given both parents are now deemed Eurybia (E. macrophylla and E. spectabilis), I’d expect E. x herveyi to have those cordate leaves too.

Bastiaan Brak

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30 September 2026 22:12

Does the aster in my pictures look like E. x herveyi to you?

Bastiaan Brak

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30 September 2026 06:29

We have 25 C here today, not sure how many days a snowdrop would last at those temperatures?!