katmike
09-24-2008, 05:18 PM
The bees seem to like it. Is it a good nectar source?
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p384/katmike57/Honeybees/100_5013.jpg
MichelinMan
09-24-2008, 07:09 PM
Flat Top White Aster (http://www.wildflowersofontario.ca/flattoppedwhiteaster.html)
Aster is a good fall source of nectar but the honey granulates fast I`m told. There are many Aster varieties.
Oldbee
09-24-2008, 07:36 PM
"This is one of the group of closely related white, narrow-leaved asters, which presumably interbreed and are difficult to distinguish". -From an Audubon field guide.
It might be,. 'Calico Aster', [Aster lateriflorus]. The common name refers to the fact that the disk flowers are at first yellow and later turn purplish red, so that flowers on one plant and even a single head may include both colors at the same time.
http://courses.bio.psu.edu/bio414/jpegs/astlat2.jpg