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

BIRDS LOVE THE SEEDS. SO THEY JUST KIND OF ARE FOUNDATIONAL ... BUT YOU SAY THERE ARE DIFFERENT MORE, AND IF YOU WANT TO GROW ASTERS IN YOUR GARDEN, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF TYPES THAT YOU CAN ...

Tamp down to remove air pockets, and water well. Keep watered for the first season if rainfall is sparse. If planting aster ...

Keep watered for the first season if rainfall is sparse. If planting aster seeds, plant after the first frost. These seeds need cold winter temperatures to germinate in the spring. New England ast ...

Poppies come in a number of different varieties. Despite their delicate-looking petals and foliage, they hold up well ...

There’s a humorous old saying variously attributed to originate to China or The Netherlands and it goes something like this: ...

Nature:Pokeweed berries provide food for many birds I recently spent time photographing numerous white-crowned and ...

Nature:Pokeweed berries provide food for many birds I recently spent time photographing numerous white-crowned and white-throated sparrows eating aster seeds in ... The theme is plant and animal ...

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 ...

At Calumet area forest preserves, seed-saving efforts ensuring native plants repopulate plots cleared of invasive species.

The aromatic asters are still in bloom ... conditions necessary to break its dormancy in the spring. Be sure to plant the seeds firmly and cover them with a very thin layer of soil.