Aster/British flowers

Does anyone happen to know if this is native to Britain?

I am trying to keep my garden as British as possible with only a few exceptions.

Does anyone know of attractive British garden plants/flowers that I can include or look up in my garden project?

 

Hello Witchy, I've looked asters up in my RHS encyclopaedia and it seems to suggest that they come from north america. I'm curious as to how you classify a plant to be British as so many popular plants have been introduced over the centuries, I heard on one TV programme that dandelions were introduced into this country in the 1500s, which was a huge surprise. Are you going for plants cultivated from native wildflowers or those that have been here for centuries? Sorry if I seem a little inquisitional but I am quite fascinated with your idea.

 

I am very interested in incorporating wildflowers into my garden. I also want British plants that may have been naturalized here but have been here for a fair few centuries at least. I have a wonderful book that covers a lot of trees and plants called "English Flora" - something like that and tells if they were naturalised or if the seeds survived ice ages etc. So I guess a mixture really of cultivated wildflowers and long-since naturalized flora.

My other half makes dandelion coffee from the roots which apparently is nice - unfortunately I don't like coffee!

 

The only native Aster is Aster tripolium (sea aster), and this was cultivated in gardens in sixteenth centuary. About this time Aster amellus (Italian aster) was brought in from southern Europe. Most others are North American.

 

Thanks very much everyone. I'll take a look at that site WOO