{"id":1245,"date":"2024-06-17T02:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T02:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1245"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:14:29","slug":"aster-purple-haze","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1245","title":{"rendered":"Aster (Purple Haze)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"1246\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4960-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3\/3\/26 &#8211; The Aster is still spreading but it&#8217;s quickly running into the Yankee Point Ceanothus which should be able to keep it in check. This patch started out as 2 plants a few years back.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"6178\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3957-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3\/7\/25 &#8211; Beware Aster spreads like crazy. This is what year 3 looks like from (2) plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"3649\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8088-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year I planted (2) small plants in small bed. This year they exploded and moved outside the bed I made for them and are starting to spread via rhizome!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2\/24\/2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"1317\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_3586-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6\/16\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"1258\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4961-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"1975\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5963-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/3\/26 &#8211; The Aster is still spreading but it&#8217;s quickly running into the Yankee Point Ceanothus which should be able to keep it in check. This patch started out as 2 plants a few years back. 3\/7\/25 &#8211; Beware Aster &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1245\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1213,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6179,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions\/6179"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}