Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain ...

As autumn’s crisp air settles in, gardens across the country are about to burst into a spectacular display of color. This ...

But most of our asters remain common and conspicuous, at least locally. One of the most striking is New England aster, with ...

To cut back asters in the fall or wait for spring - that is the question. Gardeners often prefer one method to the other when ...

Mums, as everyone calls them, are the flowers most commonly associated with the fall season. One day this week I stopped to look at some blooming asters as I drove around our bottom fields near ...

However, the next time you see a bed of fall asters in full bloom, see if it doesn’t stand out like the headlight of an oncoming train. These babies are gorgeous, and that color just doesn’t ...

Like most asters, ‘Grape Crush’ is a sun-lover that does best in damp, well-drained soil, although it’s a drought-tough plant, too, once established. A mass or cluster of them adds fall ...

Beguiled, the pale down-trodden aster lifts / Her head and blooms again." — Helen Hunt Jackson Our native flora is on its last gasp. After a long spring, summer and fall full of the rich ...

Much has been written about the value of including asters in your garden as a late-season source of food for pollinators. For this reason, I have included several in mine. However, there is one that ...

RIGHT. SO THESE ARE GREAT ASTERS ARE GREAT BECAUSE THEY’RE ONE OF THOSE FALL FLOWERING FLOWERS. AND THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE POLLINATORS AND THOSE THINGS LIKE BIRDS ...