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

New England asters (Symphotrichum novae-angliae) are native to the U.S. with small daisy-like flowers in various shades of purple, pink and blue. They have an upright form, reaching about 3 to 6 ...

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 ...

If asters can do this for wide open, untended spaces, imagine what they can do for your perennial beds ... in the same range of colors — purple, blue, pink and white — but New York asters ...

Plumbago with green foliage and blue flowers - Joe Kuis/Shutterstock Plumbago (Ceratostigma ... White flowers of white heath ...

Outdoorsing the North Shore Justin Chase Oct 31, 2014 Oct 31, 2014 Updated Oct 31, 2014 With fall ripe and tender all around, and with a week of rain soon blowing in, it was time to get out on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What a month of contrasts we have had. In the middle of it, big hailstones pelted down on my blue asters.

Cuttings from woody plants like hydrangeas, roses, herbs and more is a great way to enhance your yard this time of year.

Asters are one of the last perennial flowers to bloom in the landscape ... daisy-like flowers in various shades of purple, pink and blue. They have an upright form, reaching about 3 to 6 feet ...