Asters are one of the best perennials for providing blooms in late summer and early fall. Their daisy-like flowers are adored ...

The family of fall-friendly flowers includes hardy annuals as well as biennials and perennials. Keep in mind that 25 degrees ...

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 ...

While there are asters that bloom at all different times of the growing season, the fall asters are the superstars of the aster world. And the adventurous gardener can choose from a wide diversity ...

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

Beguiled, the pale down-trodden aster lifts / Her head and blooms again." — Helen Hunt Jackson Our native flora is on its last gasp. After a long spring, summer and fall full of the rich ...

Asters are a popular and dependable food source for Monarch butterflies, which rely on the nectar of late-season blooms to fuel their fall migration. There’s no lovelier sight than a bright ...

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 ...

But if you haven’t included New England asters in your planting plan, you’re missing out! Asters are one of the last ...

However, the next time you see a bed of fall asters in full bloom, see if it doesn’t stand out like the headlight of an oncoming train. These babies are gorgeous, and that color just doesn’t ...

Not only do asters look fabulous, but they also provide late season food for pollinators such as butterflies and bees. They bloom from late August until well into October or first frost, when most of ...