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Astra (lat. Aster) - a genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae, or Compositae, numbering according to various opinions from 200 to 500 species, most of which grow in North and Central America. In Europe, aster flower was surreptitiously introduced into 17th century French monk from China. Translated from the Latin, aster means star. Havskaya silvery aster is medium-sized silvery crimson. Plant height 60─70 see, columnar shape. In plant 12 silver-purple-pink inflorescences diameter 6─8 see. Asters - annual and perennial rhizomatous grass with simple leaves. inflorescence - baskets, collected in complex systems in the form of a panel or a panicle; Marginal flowers - ligulate, their color is very diverse; Central - small, tubular, usually yellow. Cultural asters were known in Europe since the XVII century: they secretly brought seeds from China French monk Nicolas Inkarvil. Some varieties - with double flowers, resembling a chrysanthemum, pure white or red and blue colors with a variety of shades. Cultivate aster seeds in March - April, sow them in bowls or cold frame; seedlings diving, and then in May, planted in the ground - in loose, nutritious, well-lit stage. Flowering from late July to late autumn.