{"id":7105,"date":"2016-08-12T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2015-09-14T11:17:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T15:17:30","slug":"japanese-asters-kalimeris-are-summer-blooming-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/08\/12\/japanese-asters-kalimeris-are-summer-blooming-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Asters (Kalimeris) Are Summer-blooming Gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7106\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Kalimeris-2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7106\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7106\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Kalimeris-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese aster (Kalimeris)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Kalimeris-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Kalimeris-2-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese aster (Kalimeris)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Double Japanese asters (<em>Kalimeris<\/em> <em>pinnatifida<\/em><em>)<\/em> are not true asters. They bloom in summer unlike the more popular fall blooming asters (<em>Symphyotrichum<\/em> <i>spp<\/i>.).\u00a0Essentially, the genus <em>Kalimeris<\/em> (from Asia) and <i>Boltonia<\/i> (U.S. native) are closely related and\u00a0used interchangeably.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Pinnatifida\u2019 is without question the best known cultivar. In August\u00a0the plant\u00a0is smothered with 1-inch diameter semi-double white daisy flowers with buttery yellow centers. Blossoms mimic miniature mums. It forms an upright, bushy 2 to 3 feet tall plant. Small basal leaves form a rosette, each\u00a02-3 inch long, narrow, and deeply cut lobes (pinnate); even smaller 1 inch long lance-shaped medium green leaves form around\u00a0flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Semi-double flowers do not reseed; over time a single plant will sucker and colonize around itself, and are not invasive. Kalimeris may be divide in spring to maintain overall vigor and to form new starts in your garden or friend\u2019s.\u00a0Fertilize in early sping with a slow release fertilizer such as Osmocote\u2122, Nutrikote\u2122 or Nature&#8217;s Source\u2122.\u00a0Foliage and flowers are not trouble by disease or pest issues.<\/p>\n<p>Kalimeris is easily grown in moist, well-drained soil in full to partial sun (USDA hardiness zones 6-9). Mulching aids to reduce mid-summer drought stress and induce flower power. In hot southeast U.S. partial afternoon shade keeps\u00a0plants blooming longer.<\/p>\n<p>In shady spots plants\u00a0may take on a wild rambling look;\u00a0either cut-back them by half in early summer to develop a dense shrubby habit or remove surrounding vegetation. Utilize kalimeris for floral color in a perennial border, wild garden or meadow.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese aster was a favorite of the late Elizabeth Lawrence,\u00a0a wonderful\u00a0southern garden writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Double Japanese asters (Kalimeris pinnatifida) are not true asters. They bloom in summer unlike the more popular fall blooming asters (Symphyotrichum spp.).\u00a0Essentially, the genus Kalimeris (from Asia) and Boltonia (U.S. native) are closely related and\u00a0used interchangeably. \u2018Pinnatifida\u2019 is without question the best known cultivar. In August\u00a0the plant\u00a0is smothered with 1-inch diameter semi-double white daisy flowers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,707,747,710,674,806,665,1192,551,625,843,812,601,777,630,706,646,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8076,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7105\/revisions\/8076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}