Discover why goldenrods and asters are essential for your backyard, providing beauty and vital support for late-season ...

Asters, botanically known as Symphyotrichum ... they make a fabulous pairing with yellow and orange-blooming fall plants such as goldenrod and assorted chrysanthemum varieties, which I mentioned ...

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

In the old days, people scorned goldenrod as an unsightly weed. Asters were more respectable — aesthetically pleasing enough to the human eye, more likely to be considered a wildflower than a weed.

The 2023 migration saw the second-lowest overwintering populations of butterflies since records began in 1995. Fears are ...

We don’t hate chrysanthemums. Let’s just get that out of the way. There is a lot to be said for their instant, impulse-buy ...

Asters, botanically known as Symphyotrichum ... they make a fabulous pairing with yellow and orange-blooming fall plants such as goldenrod and assorted chrysanthemum varieties, which I mentioned ...

In North America, there are over 100 different species of goldenrod, each as brilliant as the next, and each just as much a ...

For a vibrant autumn display, consider pairing asters with brightly colored companion plants like goldenrod, Mexican Hat flower, Maximilian's sunflower and chamisa. The mix of hues and textures ...

Asters, in white and blue, have been strutting their colours through September and will fade by mid-October. Mostly growing in the centre median, asters possess a surprising ability to grow in ...

They are usually in full bloom with golden, orange or purple colours. About 10 years ago she purchased an aster with royal purple blooms and flower heads over four centimetres in diameter. It was an ...