"Last year, purchased and planted several potted "daisy like" asters, bearing the "annual aster" tag. Some were blue, and some purple. Since I do not care for the pin cushion looks of mums, I was delighted to find those beautiful daisy looking flowers with the yellow centers., even though they were annuals. I am in Nebraska, and was a bit surprised when they came up in the spring, again, and bloomed this fall. My issue? They are full and compact, with a profusion of purple and blue flowers. However, they no longer present with a daisy like appearance. They resemble the full, rounded flower of a mum, with no yellow center. I retained the marker, left in the ground from last year, to confirm that they were indeed the same flower. I have no mums planted in this flower bed. Any idea what happened?
"Last year, purchased and planted several potted "daisy like" asters, bearing the "annual aster" tag. Some were blue, and some purple. Since I do not care for the pin cushion looks of mums, I was delighted to find those beautiful daisy looking flowers with the yellow centers., even though they were annuals. I am in Nebraska, and was a bit surprised when they came up in the spring, again, and bloomed this fall. My issue? They are full and compact, with a profusion of purple and blue flowers. However, they no longer present with a daisy like appearance. They resemble the full, rounded flower of a mum, with no yellow center. I retained the marker, left in the ground from last year, to confirm that they were indeed the same flower. I have no mums planted in this flower bed. Any idea what happened?