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 ...

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

Is this yellow aster? Several of my coneflowers just had brown cones; they didn’t bloom. Can I cut down the plants now or do ...

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 ...

One gardener shared stunning photos from their Southeast native plant garden, including goldenrod, asters, and sunflowers.

The mild weather favours flowery Novembers but destructive animals are out in force. Plants that resist attack are the way to ...

Nita Winter and Rob Badger may have plenty to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, but there’s one thing in particular that ...

I’m very pleased to say that Driftwood and I will have a two-page feature in a national gardening magazine next month which ...

It doesn’t exactly jive with the agaves, birds of paradise and Mondo grass we’ve come to expect from the typical Perth garden ...