Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

I’ve moved around a lot, and so have gardened in all sorts of settings. From a small, sun-trapped balcony in east London to a ...

Leary, founder of The Dallas Garden School, shares her tips for making the most of the fall growing season in North Texas. It ...

Deer will avoid eating these beautiful, colorful perennial flowers in your yard because of their low nutritional value and ...

Some of my favorite asters are mildew resistant and put on a great fall show well into October. Many of the new-world asters are now in the genus Symphyotrichum, along with several others. It will ...

Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain numerous individual flowers). Mums are asters. So are native sunflowers ...

Gardening This fall purple-bloomer is one of the showiest native asters yet: George’s Plant Pick of the Week Published: Oct. 19, 2024, 6:22 a.m.

Fall aster is a tough little plant. It grows to 15 to 30 inches tall, but most professional landscape contractors shear it lightly one time in late spring to keep it at the shorter end of those ...

If you think about it, having plants that burst into bloom in fall should be a gardener’s reward for putting up with all the summer season throws at us. After a full growing season of hauling ...

Our favorite varieties are ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ and ‘October Skies’. The smooth aster is a more upright grower to about 4 feet tall and blooms from September through early November.

Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors Asters add fall color, as do rufous hummingbird sightings | Lehigh Valley Nature Watch Published: Sep. 28, 2024, 7:00 a.m.

Joining us with a preview of the Fall plants is Stan Dabkowski from Famer Stan's Plants and Produce. He shows off the different flowers and produce.