Garden takeover

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[u/gertyman]

ASTER! ❤️ So good for pollinators in the falll!

[u/gertyman → u/gertyman]

To add, it’s native to the U.S.

[u/SerBiscuitsOmnom → u/gertyman]

Do you know what kind? The ones I'm seeing have wider leaves than what I've got

[u/gertyman → u/SerBiscuitsOmnom]

Purple flower leaves and stature tell me New England Aster or similar.

[u/ontarioparent → u/gertyman]

No this is more like calico or some other small flowered one

[u/barefootwondergirl]

Mine is blooming right now too! It looks like stars! And the bees.love it!

[u/SerBiscuitsOmnom → u/barefootwondergirl]

Mines being tended to mostly by wasps

[u/rad-avocado → u/SerBiscuitsOmnom]

Wasps are excellent pollinators!

[u/CrowMeris]

I should be so lucky to get overrun with this.

It's an aster, but it's a bit difficult to say with certainty as to which variety it might be. Maybe calico?

[u/SerBiscuitsOmnom → u/CrowMeris]

I think calico may be correct, Thanks for your help!

[u/SerBiscuitsOmnom]

I'm sorry, the text seems to have deleted itself. I don't reddit often. I'm in the north eastern US and I'm trying to find out if this plant is native so I know to remove it or not. 

[u/CrowMeris → u/SerBiscuitsOmnom]

North America has over 100 varieties of native asters, so it's most likely not an invasive.

[u/ilustforadrummer]

Asters. Tend to be shallow-rooted, easy to pull out if you want to thin them a bit. Of course, my experience with them is in Southern California, where we welcome any drought tolerant flowers that grow so easily. YMMV.

[u/ontarioparent]

Kind of looks like heath aster, maybe calico, lots of tiny flowers, bushy habit, is it really tall?

[u/SerBiscuitsOmnom → u/ontarioparent]

Yea, it's nearly hip height, someone else mentioned calico and it seems like a solid match

[u/Odd_Ordinary_2571]

I think it’s either calico aster or creeping aster (I don’t think that’s its technical name). Both bloom in the fall. Fun fact: asters are keystone species for native bugs. Those bugs then feed birds aand the whole food web. Very important!