Suddenly I can’t get enough of asters. Many of them get no respect, growing right under our noses, often aggressively. But with just a little bit of easy taming, they can be the showstoppers of a fall ...

Species such as aromatic aster, calico aster and frost aster are hanging on as I write this, and I can see flowering ...

‘Poollicht’, introduced by him in the early 1990s, is worth searching out for its ice-blue flowers and solid, open structure. These new introductions may no longer be called aster, but they and their ...

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

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 ...

The plants are sometimes present in the thousands, and they can produce a brilliant floral display in the fall.

Their cheerful, abundant flowers will persist until hard ... finches and nuthatches. Asters are members of the daisy family (Asteraceae), along with dahlias, marigolds and sunflowers.

Another powerhouse, calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum ... A member of the Rubiaceae family, buttonbush (Cephalanthus ...

The flowers are also a good source of late-season pollen and nectar for bees and butterflies. Asters make good cut flowers. * Size: Grows 26 to 30 inches tall with a three-foot spread.

As autumn begins, many garden flowers show the ravages of a long, often brutal summer. However, it’s at this time that ...

Nature at the Red Oak Rain Garden celebrates autumn with the bright purples of blooming aster flowers, a mosaic of tree ...

calico aster and frost aster are hanging on as I write this, and I can see flowering specimens in my yard. The family of plants that asters belong to is generally called the sunflower family ...