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

"Just planted some today! Hope it gets to where yours is." Gardener shares photo of plant with surprising feature spreading ...

After they go to seed, birds relish the fruit. Nature:Pokeweed berries provide food for many birds I recently spent time ...

Tamp down to remove air pockets, and water well. Keep watered for the first season if rainfall is sparse. If planting aster ...

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 ...

The white wood aster (Aster divaricatus) tolerates dry shade and average to poor soil. You have no doubt seen this hardy plant in woodland areas. It makes a ground cover that spreads by rhizomes ...

Thriving under drier conditions, smooth aster has gained popularity among native plant enthusiasts seeking regionally adapted ...

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 ...

What it is: ‘Grape Crush’ is a recently introduced variety of our native New England aster that’s a very ... although it’s a drought-tough plant, too, once established.