You can't beat an aster for color. All of the growers liked these asters from Pan American. They were vigorous and produced a lot of flowers. The only complaint was from growers who only put up one layer of netting. The plants were tall, and with two layers of netting, we ended up with the straightest plants.
Bugs Generally asters keep entomologists and pathologists employed.
This just did not happen in our Maryland trials this year. Score one for the aster growers. Merit works well on sucking insects. Unfortunately for me, there was no difference between the treated plants and the control plants. Neither had problems with leaf hoppers.