Aster — September's Flower
September
also Morning Glory
Autumn
The aster takes its name from the Greek for 'star,' and its daisy-like flowers—slender purple, blue, or pink rays around a golden eye—light up the garden from late summer into autumn when little else blooms. An elegant autumn keepsake.
What the aster says
In the Victorian language of flowers, meanings were a shared code — close enough to look up, personal enough to feel chosen. The aster traditionally carries:
- Traditionally a flower of wisdom and patience
- Associated with love and daintiness
September keeps a second flower too — the morning glory — for the months where one bloom never felt like enough.
The month around it
A September birthday sits under Virgo and Libra, alongside the month's stone (Sapphire) and its full moon, the Harvest Moon. The flower is the soft-spoken one of the three.