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Aster family

Aster family brings together 13 plant profiles with cultivation data, care guidance, and calendar windows. Typical sowing windows include February - October. Harvest is especially relevant in January - December. Common site needs: Full sun to partial shade. Useful edible parts: Bracts, Flower bud, Flowers, Head.

Overview

Aster family Data quality

Plants

13

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

high, low, medium

Edible part

Bracts, Flower bud, Flowers, Head, Heads, Leaves

Container suitable

11 / 13

Overview

Aster family: Use & selection

When to grow

Sowing: February - October; harvest: January - December.

Choose the site

Site values: Full sun to partial shade; water: high, low, medium.

Use & selection

Useful parts: Bracts, Flower bud, Flowers, Head, Heads; container suitable: 11 of 13 plants.

Plants in this category

Overview

Aster family: Practical picks

Quick entry points by common gardening intent, so the category is more than a list.

Grow now

This selection helps with quick decisions in June.

Harvest now

This selection helps with quick decisions in June.

For shady places

This selection helps with quick decisions in June.

For pots and balcony

This selection helps with quick decisions in June.

Calendar

Aster family Season pages

Direct sowing

February - October

Planting

March - September

Harvest

January - December

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Plants

Aster family discover

Butterhead lettuce plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest May - October

Butterhead lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Vegetables Aster family

Cichorium endivia plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Full sun to partial shade

Cichorium endivia

Cichorium endivia

Vegetables Aster family

Common chicory plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest May - October

Common chicory

Cichorium intybus

Vegetables Aster family

Curry plant plant card: Herbs, Aster family, Harvest January - December

Curry plant

Helichrysum italicum

Herbs Aster family

cutting lettuce plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest April - October

cutting lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. crispa

Vegetables Aster family

Cynara scolymus plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest June - October

Cynara scolymus

Cynara scolymus

Vegetables Aster family

Dandelion plant card: Wild plants, Aster family, Harvest March - October

Dandelion

Taraxacum

Wild plants Aster family

iceberg lettuce plant card: Aster family, Harvest June - October, Direct sowing April - July

iceberg lettuce

Lactuca sativa var. capitata

Jerusalem artichoke plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest January - March, October - December

Jerusalem artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Vegetables Aster family

Radicchio plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest January, August - December

Radicchio

Cichorium intybus var. foliosum

Vegetables Aster family

Scorzonera plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Full sun to partial shade

Scorzonera

Scorzonera

Vegetables Aster family

Sugarloaf Chicory plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest September - December

Sugarloaf Chicory

Cichorium intybus var. foliosum

Vegetables Aster family

Yarrow plant card: Ornamentals, Aster family, Harvest May - September

Yarrow

Achillea

Ornamentals Aster family

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