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

Species such as aromatic aster, calico aster and frost aster are hanging on as I write this, and I can see flowering ...

While you may want birds visiting your garden, there's an invasive weed species that could cause them to overstay their ...

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 ...

Space the plants at least a foot apart in order to provide good air flow, which should reduce the risk of this disease. ‘Fanny’s Aster’ has blue flowers and reaches 4 feet tall 'Kickin ...

Prunus padus is commonly known as bird cherry. Prunus is the Latinised form of the Greek word meaning plum, and padus is the ...

The UK is used to wet weather, however, people have been warned to incorporate flood-tolerant plants in their gardens this ...

For flood-prone gardens, it's worth considering adding flood-tolerant plants, including carex, acorus, daylilies, marsh marigolds, lady smock and New England aster. A simple yet effective strategy to ...

The autumn season is a time of shorter days and cooler temperatures. The landscape has been transformed into a palette of ...

We have one that grew quite well and also several purple aster plants. All of these plants have finished blooming, and I wonder if now would be a good time to cut them down for the dormant season?

What is certain is that many home gardeners insist they’ve noticed a difference with their plants after they’ve used banana water. Aster W. Green, author of Companion Planting in Raised Bed ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...