Grouped as: Aster

Aster chinensis Blue Ribbon

A new Ribbon, each fully double flower is violet blue, with each petal having a white vertical stripe, and the same habit as its red cousin.

Aster chinensis Carpet Ball Mixed

Thick clustered, tightly-knit blooms creating a floral carpet. Neat mound-shaped plants with the foliage almost obscured by the fully double flowers in a good colour range.

Aster chinensis Duchess Mixed

Wonderful flowers - like incurved chrysanthemums.

Aster chinensis Florette Champagne

A superb aster which makes a tine display in the border and is wonderful for cutting. The extra double large quilled flowers of soft creamy pink are borne on thick, strong stems. Robust in growth and free flowering. Height 50-60cm (20-24in). Flowers summer.

Aster chinensis Hulk

A unique Aster with attractive petal-less green 'flowers' with white and yellow centres. These well branched, free-flowering giants are sure to add height and interest to borders, as well as making an intriguing and long lasting cut flower.

Height: 90cm (3 feet).

Aster chinensis Lilliput Blue Moon

A superb Aster with stunning deep violet pompom blooms edged in delicate, pinky-violet. Uniform and free flowering, you can be guaranteed a fine display in both bedding and borders. Outstanding.

Aster chinensis Milady Mixed

Excellent for bedding , these plants are robust, bushy and very wilt resistant. Well formed, globular, weather resistant flowers in blue, pink, rose, rose-red and white are produced over a long period. Useful as a summer flowering pot plant, for window boxes etc.

Aster chinensis Moonshine Mixed

A colourful combination of Blue Moon and Bright Rose pom-poms, with a paler circle of light around the edge of each flower, shining like a halo around the moon. Outstanding in borders, or as a cut flower.

Aster chinensis Pink Tower

Very attractive, incurved, fully double blooms, in a delicate, soft pink bicolour. The long, strong flower stems tower above bedding, adding height to displays and making an excellent cut flower.

Height: 45-60cm (18-24in)

Aster chinensis Pompon Splendid Mixed

Distinctive close-knit 5-6cm (2-2½in) blooms in possibly the best colour range. Very weather proof and long-lasting cut flower. Height: 38-45cm (15-18in).

Aster chinensis Red Ribbon

Fully double 3in. incurved, crimson-scarlet blooms, with each petal having a white vertical stripe. Plenty of unusual flowers, on very dwarf, compact plants, making them ideal for containers, window boxes or bedding. Unlike other striped asters, Red Ribbon is remarkably true to type.

Aster chinensis Spider Chrysanthemum Mixed

An exclusive blend of Asters, with stunning blooms resembling a Spider Chrysanthemum in a dazzling mixture of colours. Excellent planted en masse in borders or used as a cut flower.

Aster chinensis Starlight Mixed

One of the best dwarf Asters! Intriguing spider-like flowers smother compact basal branched plants in attractive shades of blue, purple, scarlet and rose. Early to flower, adding a colourful display to borders or patio containers over a long flowering period.

Height: 20cm (8in).

Aster Composition

Michaelmas Daisies

Bright colours of Aster novi-belgi and novae-angliae composed for a contrasting rich colour range of long stemmed autumnal flowers for cutting.

Aster Giant Single Andrella

An improved Madeleine type. Large bold single flowers in a bright mixture. Excellent for cutting or bedding. Flowers summer to first frost. Height: 24in.

Aster Machaeranthera tanacetifolia

Looks like a perennial Michaelmas Daisy, but is an annual producing a mass of violet-blue single flowers during the summer. Also known as Prairie Aster it blooms over a long period adding late summer to early autumn colour to borders. Attractive addition to large containers on a sunny patio.

Kew : Aster chinensis Moonshine Mixed

A colourful combination of Blue Moon and Bright Rose pom-poms, with a paler circle of light around the edge of each flower, shining like a halo around the moon. Outstanding in borders, or as a cut flower.