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

Most asters are fall bloomers, and many species are quite hardy and sport flowers up to and even past the first frosts.

Most asters are fall bloomers, and many species are quite hardy and sport flowers up to and even past the first frosts. Species such as aromatic aster, calico aster and frost aster are hanging on ...

New England asters (Symphotrichum novae-angliae) are native to the U.S. with small daisy-like flowers in various shades of ...

NOW THIS IS A VERY VERSATILE PLANT TOO. FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASTERS, AREN’T THERE? THERE ARE. THERE’S OVER 100 TYPES OF ASTERS IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE ABOUT 30 ...

New England asters are considered a “keystone” plant because they support many types of wildlife. They’re not only a source of food for pollinators—such as native bees and migrating Monarc ...

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

Planting an oak tree, if you have the room, provides acorns and leaves that feed and provide cover for millions of organisms and species while also sequestering carbon.

I will happily be voting to increase the tax levy for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to allow it to preserve ...

Rob Cardillo The current scene is enlivened by native asters ... and west-central Asian species whose swaths of deep purple start in early summer at his studio garden.Credit ...