These asters volunteered to spring up in between the branches of alder. Glad they made the cut when I brought the weed whacker through this area. When they’re little they can be difficult to pick out and identify, along with everything else that grows next to the pond.
Over on the other end of the pond, a bunch of existing dogwood shrubs needed dividing, so we transplanted them here, to back up the milkweeds. In front of the milkweeds are little bluestem, big bluestem, aster and fern divisions. A young Princeton elm anchors the far end of the “river.”
