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Aster

About Aster
   
 

Aster flowers epitomize the love spirit by its beauty and daintiness. This flower blooms along the lanes, forests and prairies in the hub of eastern United States. These flowers are also called as Michaelmas daisies, starwort and frost flowers.

Besides the beauty and the charm, they also come in multitude of colors. Aster is the Greek word star. Aster belongs to the Asteraceae family. This is an herbaceous perennial. These flowers are the symbol of romance and love. They evoke the emotions of attracting relationships and also the comprehending levels that lies subdued within the heart.

These flowers come in colors such as red, purple, white, pink, blue and lavender. This flower has the stimulating power to accomplish the dream life and its essence is the actual love tonic. Sending Aster flowers is a message of love conveyed in silence.

The intoxicating fragrance is certain to drown a person in passion as the radiance of Aster remains eternal. This is hence known as enchanted flower. It is believed that even the burning leaves perfume drove evil serpents away. They are well-known as a symbol of patience and talisman of love.

The combination of this flower represents good fortune and wisdom as well, besides having magical properties. Aster is over 600 species, but only few enjoy the popularity of being cut flowers. They are commercially available in majority of the shades and throughout the year. Except for orange and yellow colors, blue, purple, white and violet are predominant shades.

The vase life of aster is 5 to 10 days provided they are taken proper care. They must be avoided water stress. They should be placed in a very clean container that can hold fresh flower food. The asters are appropriate for display and hence sending aster flowers during some occasion makes a wonderful gift.

However, the asters that are displayed should be kept away from direct sunrays. Asters are garden plants and are frequently found in various bouquets as well as floral arrangements owing to their flower clusters and availability of color ranges.