My personal favorite flower for Thanksgiving is the New England Aster.  No doubt these beautiful blue flowers were in bloom right about the time that the fall feast happened in 1621.

I realized just last year that I have been growing blue asters in my own yard for years!  It finally hit me what they were  :-)    I took note that they continued to bloom clear through September.

I do know for a fact that blue asters can be forced for fresh Thanksgiving flowers.  However there aren’t many florists who do this yet.  If our local flower shops begin to receive enough requests, well of course they’ll start supplying them in the years to come.  In the meantime, I have one source in the  historical Thanksgiving guide that may be able to ship forced asters within the U.S..  The guide also contains a list of many more indigenous flowers, fruits, and shrubs that can be used in authentic period decorating.

Outside of fresh flowers, I have yet to find a source for silk blue asters.  If you should find one, please come back and let us know.  You can contact me any time at Victorian [@] LetsPlayHistory.org, and I’ll post the information here on this page.  Thank you!

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Blue asters are indigenous to New England

Blue asters are indigenous to New England

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Posted September 3, 2009 by Admin under Decorating

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