Hi
@jmorth,
Lovely article. I love the controlled wildness of your garden.
After seeing some of your butterfly pictures, I planted a New England Aster (last fall). It's come up nicely for a new plant--it's about 5 feet tall and has several stalks. It was very, very small last fall.
However, it's almost mid August and it's not blooming yet. I'm wondering if it might be common for new NEAs to not have flowers their first year?
This is now:
And this was in May:
