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

Asters or garden asters, also called Michaelmas daisies, generally refer to perennial plants in the Aster genus or the closely related Symphyotrichum or Eurybia genera. These beautiful plants boast ...

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

Asters generally refer not only to the stunning flowers in the aster genus, but also their closely related North American ...

Where her tears fell, asters grew. With the help of DNA testing, botanists have now redistributed asters among six different genera, with most reclassified as Symphyotrichum: the simplicity and poetry ...

There are at least 34 species of true asters in Ohio, including the stiff-leaved aster. As always, the diverse cast of asters is prominent at the curtain call. Most asters are fall bloomers ...

What it is: ‘Grape Crush’ is a recently introduced variety of our native New England aster that’s a very ... and nectar for bees and butterflies. Asters make good cut flowers.

Most asters are fall bloomers, and many species are quite hardy and sport flowers up to and even past the first frosts. Species such as aromatic aster, calico aster and frost aster are hanging on ...