Erigeron – Perennial Plant, How to grow

From the Greek eri, early or ear, spring, geron, old, possibly referring to the hoary leaves of some species (Cornpositae). Fleabane. Hardy herbaceous, daisy-flowered perennials some of which continue to flower intermittently throughout the summer.

E. alpinus, 9 inches, purple and yellow, August, northern Alps.

E. aurantiacus, orange daisy. 12-18 inches, orange, summer, Turkestan. E. aureus, 4 inches, bright gold, spring onwards, North America.

E. compositus, 3 inches, purple, summer, North America. E. glaucus, 6-12 inches, purple to pink, summer, North America. E. coulteri, 15 inches, white or pale mauve, summer, North America.

E. leiomerus, 4 inches, small, lavender-blue, North America.

E. macranthus (syn. E. mesa-grande), 2 feet, violet, yellow centres, summer, North Africa.

E. mucronatus, 9 inches, white, deep and pale pink, summer and autumn, Mexico, a useful wall plant. E. philadelphus, 2 feet, lilac-pink, summer, North America.

E. speciosus, 18 inches, violet-blue, summer, North America.

E. trifidus, 2 inches, pale lavender, summer, North America.

E. uniflorus, 4 inches, white or purplish, summer, North America.

Cultivars include: ‘B. Ladhams’,  bright rose; ‘Bressingham Strain’, (E. aurantiacus),  orange to yellow shades, May to July; ‘Charity’, 2 feet, pale pink; ‘Darkest of All’, 2 feet, deep violet; ‘Dignity’, 2 feet, mauve-blue; `Felicity’, 1 1-2 feet, deep pink, large; ‘Foerster’s Liebling 1 feet, deep pink, semi-double; `Gartenmeister Walther’, 2 feet, soft pink; `Merstham Glory’, 2 feet, deep lavender-blue, semi-double; ‘Prosperity’, 2 feet, deep blue; ‘Quakeress’, 2 feet, pale blue overlaid silvery pink; ‘Quakeress White’, 2 feet, white; ‘Unity’, 2. feet, bright pink; ‘Vanity’, 3 feet, clear pink, late flowering;