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Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet' - Fleabane from Quackin Grass Nursery

Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet' (ex: William Forster) - Foot-tall, large-flowered and narrow-rayed pastel lavender composites topped with a perfect golden beret strut their stuff above a catwalk of gray-green hirsute foliage within the fashion show of your garden. The dense foliage mound will grow 4 to 5 inches deep comprised of note-able rosettes. Leaves, broad and hairy - unusual and distinctly different from other Erigeron I have encountered - erupt from the center of the rosette, bend outwards and then down creating a bubbled carpet effect. They overlap and weave into a dense, effective ground cover, a handsome one at that. Ellen Hornig of the former Seneca Hill Perennials sent some of this lovely Erigeron to William Forster who has now shared it with us. Thank you, Will. Ellen - we miss your presence in the trade. The history prior is that Charles Cresson, a plantsman from Pennsylvania selected and named this fine Fleabane from the Virginia Beach property of Clarice Keeling near the Lynnhaven River. The species is found from Texas north to Minnesota and east to the Atlantic seaboard. It seems to be found in all of these states except Mississippi. Average to sandy ground in a full sun exposure. Really good drainage is fundamental. Established potted Robin's Plantain, another common name God help us, from division... help us - not with the division, we've got that covered; help us with the plethora of common names.