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 ...

As some of Ohio’s fall-blooming wildflowers, American asters add a splash of color to the ever-changing landscape. Identification can be hard. The leaves and plant size from top to bottom make a ...

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 ...

SEAN, I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CARED. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. AND WE’RE TALKING TODAY ABOUT ASTERS AND THESE HAVE A CERTAIN BENEFIT TO ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THEY’RE ONE OF THE FEW PLANTS THAT ...

Asters make good cut flowers ... which take on their fall-foliage color as ‘Grape Crush’ blooms. Eastern red cedar is a good native evergreen neighbor that also prefers full sun.

Aster “Jindai” emerges in the spring as large paddle-shaped leaves. As the stems lengthen, the leaves become smaller. The base leaves and stems remain green throughout the growing season.

This month I want to highlight a late-blooming perennial, the aster. We have had asters in our garden for a while, but last year and this year they have put on a tremendous display. When something ...