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

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

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

Beguiled, the pale down-trodden aster lifts / Her head and blooms again." — Helen Hunt Jackson Our native flora is on its ...

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 ...

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 ...

This month I want to highlight a late-blooming perennial, the aster. We have had asters in our garden for a while, but last ...

The family of fall-friendly flowers includes hardy annuals as well as biennials and perennials. Keep in mind that 25 degrees ...

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 ...

As always, the diverse cast of asters is prominent at the curtain call. Most asters are fall bloomers, and many species are quite hardy and sport flowers up to and even past the first frosts.

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 ...