This week, let’s round out our discussions of fall-blooming perennials by considering the aster. Asters, botanically known as ...

Plants that burst into bloom in fall should be a gardener’s reward for putting up with all the summer season throws at us.

Smooth aster is a purple and yellow late-blooming prairie wildflower that late pollinators, especially butterflies, are drawn ...

Another cause of flowers without petals is if seed was collected from hybrid zinnias, which could be the type you saved last ...

Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants which includes daisies, sunflowers and asters, are the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant family comprises around 34,000 species, ...

If you want your flowering garden to survive late into fall, then plant some late bloomers that will continue making your ...

The easiest aster to identify is the standout New England aster ... Pollinators help asters create seeds that promise a new ...

Asters, Groundsels, and especially Thistles, afford most familiar examples of a hairy or downy pappus; those of thistles, &c.

An excellent choice to consider for late-season interest in your garden is the New England aster, a North American native ...

The festival, titled "Climate Justice Lives Here!," was hosted by UPROSE, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based ...

The land where I live is not a level playing field. The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin and adjacent states presents ...

As September ends, the yellow flowers of wild goldenrods are joined by the lavender, blue, pink or white blossoms of asters.