From the Greekeri , early orear , natural spring , geron , old , possibly referring to the hoary leaves of some species(Cornpositae).Fleabane . Hardy herbaceous , daisy - floweredperennials some of which carry on to flowerintermittently throughout the summertime .
Species cultivated
E. alpinus,9 column inch , purple and yellow , August , northern Alps .
E. aurantiacus , orange daisy . 12 - 18 inches , orange , summer , Turkestan . E. aureus,4 inches , bright gold , spring forward , North America .
E. compositus,3 inches , purple , summer , North America . E. glaucus,6 - 12 inches , purple to tap , summer , North America . E. coulteri,15 inch , white-hot or pale mauve , summertime , North America .
E. leiomerus,4 inches , small , lavender - blue , North America .
E. macranthus(syn . E. table - grande),2 feet , violet , yellow centres , summer , North Africa .
E. mucronatus,9 in , white , deep and sick garden pink , summertime and autumn , Mexico , a useful paries plant . E. philadelphus,2 feet , lilac - pink , summertime , North America .
E. speciosus,18 inch , purplish - blue , summer , North America .
E. trifidus,2 inches , pale lavender , summertime , North America .
E. uniflorus,4 inch , white or purplish , summer , North America .
Cultivarsinclude : ‘ B. Ladhams ’ , bright rose ; ‘ Bressingham Strain’,(E. aurantiacus),orange to scandalmongering shades , May to July ; ‘ Charity ’ , 2 feet , pallid pinko ; ‘ Darkest of All ’ , 2 feet , deep reddish blue ; ‘ self-respect ’ , 2 foot , mauve - blue ; Felicity ’ , 1 1 - 2 foot , deep pink , expectant ; ‘ Foerster ’s Liebling 1 feet , deep pink , semi - doubled ; Gartenmeister Walther ’ , 2 feet , soft pink ; ` Merstham Glory ’ , 2 invertebrate foot , bass lavender - blue , semi - bivalent ; ‘ successfulness ’ , 2 pes , deep down ; ‘ Quakeress ’ , 2 feet , pale blue devil overlaid argent pink ; ‘ Quakeress White ’ , 2 feet , bloodless ; ‘ oneness ’ , 2 . feet , bright pink ; ‘ Vanity ’ , 3 feet , clear pink , tardy flowering ; ‘ Wupperthal ’ , 2 feet , pallid blue .
CultivationPlant in the autumn or early spring in a sunny military position in ordinary soil on a rock garden , or towards the front of the border for the marvellous varieties . E. mucronatus is a full plant for paved areas or tone , where it canseeditself between the gap . make out down stem after flowering . Named varieties are propagated by partition of the chimpanzee in the fall or saltation , the species by seed sown in the open in lite soil in a shady office from April to June .
How to growErigeron
