Fleabane does cover a wide range of plants. ;-) Including aster. None which I have sown. They grow on a place where I have sown two types of melon. But I saw them nowhere else in the garden. I hoped it was melon, but I doubted it, because I was told they are hard to grow in the Netherlands and I am just starting. So I suppose I can remove them and sow something else. A pity, but what I expected. Or maybe I transplant them to a part of the garden where I do not mind to have flowers. Some versions look nice and all attract insects I think.

My gardens here at the Cottage aren't quite up to that type of admiration yet. I did get some compliments on the photos I took of the main bed last year though, which did make me feel very good! My grandparents used to get people stopping to take photos of their house in spring, it was surrounded by rhododendrun and azalea they had planted in the 60's, so they had grown as tall as the roof on the porch and garage. It was quite striking. I wonder now and then if the new owners kept them or not-I do know they were divorced a few years after buying the house and he lives there now (gotta love facebook, lol). There is one house I have always admired the garden at near our old house. It's not a big garden, just a nice bed around the front of the house/walkway, but it blooms from spring to fall and always looks so perfect. I've seen an older woman tending it sometimes, usually dead heading or cleaning out weeds, but never had a chance to stop (it's on a very busy road with no shoulder) to tell her how lovely it is. I even google streetviewed the house when doing the original gardens here hoping for inspiration-too bad the streetview image was from WINTER. I know she has daffodils, tulips and daisies, but I can't recall what else I've id'd while passing at the moment....

Ha! I think I have figured out some of the contradictions above (annual/perennial; reseeds massively/does not; invasive or not; woody or not; and the PICTURES!). We appear to be talking about 2 completely unrelated plants - chrysanthemum parthenium (aka tanacetum perthenium) and orlaya grandiflora. The former is a type of daisy (perennial), looks like a daisy, talks like a daisy, walks like a daisy, etc. The latter is an annual, looks related to Queen Anne's Lace. Look at the pictures - the ones posted by Irisgal directly above are orlaya grandiflora. The one posted higher up by Vickysgarden is a version of the daisy one. This is what we get for using only a common name - many totally unrelated plants have the same common name. Although when I looked on the web I must say that I never found any reference to orlaya gradiflora being called "feverfew", that does not mean it is not called that somewhere. Jackie

Missed this thread. I was looking for the same at the same time! Gone are the days when I can putter around the house in Isotoners. Returned some canvas Sketchers memory foam slip-ons I bought online that didn't fit. (They felt cheaper than their 40 bucks too.) Ended up in a real store trying on real comfort shoes and splurged on a pair of Aetrex shoes. Strictly for getting things done around the house. They aren't the most stylish and squeak a bit but they are supremely comfortable. Incredible how much energy you have when you feel as if you're walking on a cloud. Hoping they'll last me a few years. I inherited a pair of leather Rohde sandals that are exquisitely comfortable and supportive but they're open-toed. I'll be keeping an eye out for a closed "shoe" from Rohde because their sandals fit me to perfection. Wishing us all happy feet in 2021! :)