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Last summer my favorite new-to-me annuals were Milady asters. I grew ‘Milady Lilac’ and the beautiful ‘Milady Deep Blue’ (pictured below):
The bunnies also loved my new discovery. They spent most of the summer “trimming them back” for me. This year I’m trying to outsmart the rabbits by planting asters all over the place.
In addition to lilac and deep blue I’m also trying rose and white this year. Some of the plants are scattered throughout my flowerbeds.
I also tucked a few into our 4-foot-high retaining wall flowerbed. Only the chipmunks ever terrorize that bed.
And just to mix things up I also filled 2 window-box-type planters with asters.
Hopefully this time I’ve stayed one step ahead of those buck-toothed little varmints.