Asterales

The Asterales holds two slightly odd bedfellows, the daisies and the bellflowers.

Aster amellus 'Pink Zenith' (Aster amellus 'Rosa Erfüllung')

Astereceae (Compositae) – Daisy Family

The Asteraceae is the family that contains all of the daisies  and thistles.

Achillea Compared
Achillea 'Marmalade'
Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate' ( Eupatorium 'Chocolate' )
Anthemis Compared
Associations
Anthemis tinctoria 'EC Buxton'
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'

  • Aster ( inc. Symphyotrichum & Eurybia )

Botanical Style Photographs
Asters Compared
Aster x frikartii 'Mönch'
Berkheya purpurea

  • Centaurea ( including Stemmacantha & Leuzea )

Centaurea nigra. Black Knapweed
Botanical Style Photographs
Chrysanthemum yezoense (Dendranthema yezoense)
Botanical Style Photographs
Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' with bee
Coreopsis auriculata 'Zamphir'
Cosmos atrosanguineus 'Chocamocha'
Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon)
Echinacea Compared
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
Echinops ritro 'Veitchs Blue'
Botanical Style Photographs
Erigeron karvinskianus
Botanical Style Photographs
Eupatorium maculatum 'Purple Bush'
Botanical Style Photographs
Aster Varieties Compared
Aster divaricatus (Eurybia divaricatus)
Gaillardia 'Goblin'
Botanical Style Photographs
Heleniums Compared
Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'

  • Helianthus

Botanical Style Photographs
Helianthus decapetalus 'Kastle Kobena'
Kalimeris yomema 'Shogun' ('Variegata')
Leucanthemum vulgare
Peacocks on Liatris spicata
Ligularia przewalskii

  • Onopordum

Onopordum acanthium
Osteospermum ‘Nairobi Purple’ (‘Tresco Purple’)

  • Ratibida

Ratibida pinnata
Rudbeckia Compared
Botanical Style Photographs
Rudbeckia laciniata Herbstsonne'
Solidago x luteus 'Lemore' (Solidaster)
Centaurea 'Pulchra Major' (Stemmacantha centaureoides), Leuzea centaureoides)
Stokesia 'Purple Parasols' with Brimstone
Botanical Style Photographs
Aster Varieties Compared
Aster novi-belgii ‘Little Man in Blue’ (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii ‘Little Man in Blue’)
Tanacetum vulgare 'Isla Gold'
Vernonia 'Mammuth'
Campanula persicifolia 'Blue Bloomers'

Campanulaceae – Bellflower Family

This is where all of the Bellflowers hang out ( or should that be hang down ?).

Campanula in Detail
Botanical Style Photographs
Campanula alliariifolia
Codonopsis clematidea
Lobelia 'Queen Victoria' - Cardinal Flower