ORCHARD COUNTRY MOONRISE
ASTER AZUREUS
ASTER ERICOIDES
ERIGERON STRIGOSSUS
The summer has gone far, far too fast, and the fall flowers are beginning to bloom in force. The azure aster, Aster azureus, is a tall, strong, beautiful aster, this one blooming along Hwy 13, just south of town. The heath aster, Aster ericoides, blooms here and there, sometimes in large clones. This one grows on 9th St. A sort-of look-alike, the daisy fleabane, Erigeron strigossus, was growing next to it. It yields a volatile oil formerly used as an astringent and diuretic. One of many plants which crossed the Atlantic the other direction in early times, it now grows wild in England.
There was a beautiful moonrise last evening, the photo taken out in orchard country
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