From bee balm to milkweed, get to know the many types of wildflowers you might see growing in your area—or that you can grow ...

Sensitive fern ( Onoclea sensibilis) is a good heavy shade to partial shade naturalizing perennial plant. This native marsh ...

New England blazing star is a 2½-foot-tall plant with purple flowers that bloom from late August to October. A member of the aster family, it is native to the Northeast and used to be widespread ...

New England aster (Symphyotricum novae-angliae, previously Aster novae-angliae) is among my personal favorites, and the first type of aster I ever planted.

An excellent choice to consider for late-season interest in your garden is the New England aster, a North American native plant with many benefits. When other plants start to wither, New England ...

Researchers used botanical records from the 1800s documenting wildflowers at 13 different locations in New England and New York, and compared them to current wildflower observations.

A graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University researched how to shorten the germination time for seeds of a threatened native New England wildflower.

Photo by Cori UrbanKatherine E. Pawling, plant propagator and operations manager at the New England Wild Flower Society's Nasami Farm in Whately, waters some of the young plants for sale there.

A monarch butterfly is seen on the purple flowers of a New England aster. Despite its name, this wildflower is native to Missouri. Mervin Wallace courtesy of Grow Native! Pansies, daffodils and ...

WESTBOROUGH — A New England Wildflower Walk will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 19. The group will meet at the Gilmore Pond Trail entrance, approximately located at 19 Quick Farm Road.

New England asters bloom from August through October, and contribute to the beauty of fall in Missouri. This week on Discover Nature, we’ll look for one of Missouri’s late-blooming native wildflowers.