Asters are one of the last perennial flowers to bloom in the landscape ... are native to the U.S. with small daisy-like ...

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

As September, ends the yellow flowers of wild goldenrods are joined by the lavender, blue, pink or white ... s not visually obvious. Like all perennials, asters have been hybridized, and there ...

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

Extended weeks of frost-free weather have given us more time to enjoy the autumn beauty of our perennial gardens. The most pleasant perennial gardens are a combination of types. Most perennials ...

Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems back to within 2 or 3 inches of the soil to mark where they’re planted ...

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 ...

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 ...