Few things are more disheartening than spending days planning and planting a flower garden, only to have it decimated by deer within a night or two. Fortunately, there are some flowering plants that ...

When it comes to adding color and visual interest to your garden, you’ve probably already planted flowers like hydrangeas, roses, mums or goldenrod. But if you haven’t included New England asters in ...

With bright petals on daisy-like flowers, asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) are a popular addition to any garden. Known as a keystone species, asters serve as an important food source for pollinators in ...

* What it is: ‘Grape Crush’ is a recently introduced variety of our native New England aster that’s a very heavy bloomer and also compact enough that staking usually isn’t needed despite the many ...

With the insect sounds of summer waning, pollinators seem to feel an urgency, recognizing that days are numbered before winter dormancy commences. I was drawn to the audible thrum of insects on my ...

People often hear about the important role pollinators play in producing the food we eat. But what exactly is a pollinator? It’s any animal or force that helps transfer pollen from the male part of a ...