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It has large, lilac-purple flowers with slender, linear petals plus attractive, dark-green foliage.The x frikartii species which is always a late-summer delight and its elegance and longevity have prompted admiration from our best plantsmen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of A. x frikartii goes back more than 100 years and is an interesting one. A shorter growing, longer flowering Himalayan species, Aster thomsonii, had just been introduced into England, and Rev Charles Wolley-Dod, a clergyman x plantsman hybrid (get it?), had the idea of crossing it with the taller, short-flowering Italian Aster amellus which had been growing in the British Isles for three centuries.\u003cbr\u003eWolley-Dod raised seedlings which he exhibited to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1892. However nothing was heard of these seedlings since then. \u003cbr\u003eHappily, a Swiss plantsman called Frikart made the same cross at his nursery at Stafa, and by 1918 had raised three new cultivars, naming them after Swiss Mountains: 'Mönch', 'Eiger' and 'Jungfrau'. Jungfrau' and 'Eiger' are good, rich lilacs\/purples - the only noticeable difference being that 'Jungfrau' is more compact (2 feet versus 2.5 feet tall) and floriferous. 'Monch' is a paler lavender. 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Another reason they offer more than the average plant because their attractive buds are a feature long before they begin to flower. Oh, AND they make good cut flowers. Keep them cool and they can last over two weeks in a vase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsters can grow in almost any soil and situation although most do best in full sun and some species like Aster divaricatus like shade. Many Asters can tolerate drought much better than wet. At Ballyrobert their flowers always seem to be teeming with butterflies and other creepy crawlies – perhaps because they are one of the few flowering plants around late in the season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may hear that Aster novae-angliae ( New England asters) and Aster novi-belgii ( New York asters) will suffer from leaf drop and mildew in dry conditions. In our garden, this has rarely been the case even with cultivars with didn't think are good enough to keep or sell. I suspect people just copy-and-paste from gardening books originating in dryer areas of the world such as Kent and parts of America- in our part of the world I doubt we'll ever have the same drought issues!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe also never have any problems with staking, which always seems to be mentioned regarding Aster; perhaps because we tend to plant them close to or through other plants that lend them some support.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe think every garden should have space for Aster – they can be used in a variety of ways. Commonly they are put beside early flowering plants (like Lupins, Delphiniums and Papaver) in order to keep interest in that area once the earlier flowering plant has faded. However they also pair well with flowers such as Amsonia, Aolidago, Rudbekia, Helenium, Helianthus, and grasses such as Stipa. 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Foliage emerges bronze but tends to turn dark green with a reddish tint as the summer progresses. A good ground cover in moist situations and a superb cut flower, fresh or dried. It makes a dazzling combination with yellow-green leaves: try of Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' or Carex elata Aurea (like in the photo across). Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. This was the last George Arends introduction in 1952.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun, partial shade, sometimes full shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Almost any soil - grows well in Ballyrobert! 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The genus brunnera contains just 3 species and unsurprisingly is very closely related to myosotis (Forget-me-not). The best known species to gardeners is macrophylla which in Latin means large-leaves (although you may know it as Siberian bugloss). Bugloss comes from Greek meaning ox tongue in probable reference to the roughness and shape of the leaves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrunnera grows best in part-shade or shade that is not too dry (not a problem here in Ballyrobert!). You can try it in full sun but it must have consistent moisture as the plants fade fast in very dry conditions. Soil wise we have not found Brunnera to be fussy at all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrunnera makes good groundcover and mass plantings in flower make many people ohh and ahh. Other plants that enjoy the same conditions as Brunnera, such as Dicentra, make grood partners. We also grow it with Geranium and Centaurea. 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They are very popular with the \"Dutch New Wave\" or \"New Perennial \"garden designers such as Piet Oudolf (most notable for the New York Highline) many of the cultivars we see in gardens were actually introduced or  popularized by German plantsmen such as George Arends (1862-1952), Karl Foerster (1874-1970) and Ernst Pagels (1913-2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut whatever your country or design ethos (if any!) do consider these wonderful plants for your garden. If I had to give you one reason why you should have at least one of these in you garden, it is this:  because they look great year-round. Great structure, great colour, great movement. You may read that you should cut them down early. Please don't! Wait until late winter\/early spring so you can see frost, morning dew and early evening twilight add a little extra to your garden via these plants!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother reason to think about Calamgrostis is because they are easy to grow. 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Why? most grasses need quite a bit of light in order to appreciate their texture and movement - especially in the morning and late evening. Most of the northern European attempts at prairie gardens I have visited are dull in reality (my opinion!). I suspect this is because designers have thought only about plant-grass combinations - not how grasses look in certain lighting situations. Worse still, I suspect many garden designers copy \"Dutch Wave\" or \"New Prairie\" gardens from photo books. Almost invariably the photos you see of these gardens are take at perfect angles during fleeting, perfect light conditions at early morning or late evening. Copying these photos often means you are trying to copy the lighting and not the garden design or actual colour. Unfortunately many gardens rarely have perfect light (especially in these islands) - so local gardens that use grasses without careful thought run the risk of looking dull and uninteresting. 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Caltha is the Latin term for marigold; it in turn derives from a Greek word for a basket or bowl, in reference the shape of the flowers. Their leaves are generally heart-shaped or kidney-shaped. There are 10 species in the genus - but for all intents and purposes when gardening we are talking about the species Caltha palustris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaltha palustris has quite a variety of common names, varying by geographical region. These include marsh marigold, kingcup, mayflower, May blobs, mollyblobs, pollyblobs, horse blob, water blobs, water bubbles, gollins, balfae (in Caithness) and ,the publican. The common name of marigold refers to its use in medieval churches at Easter as a tribute to the Virgin Mary, as in Mary gold. The specific name palustris, Latin for \"of the marsh\", indicates its common habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClash palustris is native to marshes, fens, ditches and wet woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It becomes most luxuriant in partial shade, but is rare on peat. In the United Kingdom, it is probably one of the most ancient native plants, surviving the glaciations and flourishing after the last retreat of the ice, in a landscape inundated with glacial meltwaters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is sometimes considered a weed in clay-like garden soils. I think this is a bit far fetched - it does well but does't take over. In warm free-draining soils, it simply dies away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Mabey, in Flora Britannica, describes Caltha palustris thus:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Marsh-marigolds are in decline as agricultural land continues to be drained, but they are still the most three-dimensional of plants, their fleshy leaves and shiny petals impervious to wind and snow, and standing in sharp relief against the tousled brown of frostbitten grasses. Most of the plant's surviving local names - water-blobs, molly-blobs, water-bubbles - reflect this solidity, especially the splendid, rotund 'the publican' from Lancashire.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow about another Caltha quote. 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