Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A series of flowers growing along the edge of a garden - Mtreasure/Getty Images Beautiful and native to North America, most plants ...

The aster flower has an interesting history and it belongs to the astonishing Asteraceae family which has a long list of unexpected plants. It is nonpoisonous and has been used for food and medicine.

When I drove out of Alabama for North Carolina 35 years ago, all I could see behind me were gaunt pines and dry, dull cotton fields, disappearing in the dust of my truck. What a relief, when I got to ...

They are everywhere, In the fields, in the gardens, even in the wedding bouquets. You see them in white, pink, lavender, violet, blue, and even yellow. What wonderful flowers. There are as many as 170 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 1—The end of summer and fall in Santa Fe is truly unparalleled, with a landscape that is uniquely diverse. Late-blooming ...

The mornings are getting colder and there has been frost on the docks and boats at sunrise. The willows and aspen are turning gold, and purple asters seem to be still blooming in abundance here in ...

Asters are diverse, widespread flowers found in various colors and on most continents. They thrive in sunny locations and bloom from late summer through fall, attracting pollinators like bees and ...

The strange weather continues as we officially enter the fall season. It is very odd that there is almost no changing leaf color being expressed yet, despite being almost October as I write this. Lots ...

The end of summer and fall in Santa Fe is truly unparalleled, with a landscape that is uniquely diverse. Late-blooming jewel-toned perennials and grasses begin to fill the natural terrain with texture ...