Asters are valuable perennials for bringing color to a garden in late summer and fall. Their star-shaped flowers come in vivid shades of purple, pink, red, white, and more, all surrounding a central ...

SAN ANTONIO — Two of my favorite plants, fall aster and mint marigold, bloom for a short period in late fall. The aster plant grows to a mound about 2 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter if you restrict ...

Asters do not have the largest flowers. In fact, most flower heads of our native members in this group rarely exceed one inch in diameter, but whatever they may lack in the span of their petals is ...

The Aster (Symphyotrichum spp.) is a gorgeous flower, bringing shades of pink, purple, white, and even blue to an otherwise dreary season. They are a hardy alternative to mums you should consider ...

Asters are the grand finale of the garden season, bursting into a riot of purple, pink, blue, and white just as other flowers begin to fade. These hardy perennials are a cornerstone of any fall ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. After a few days of extreme heat and humidity, fall weather is finally here. The plentiful rains provide a great opportunity for fall planting of trees, ...

I’d love October if for no other reason than the colorful wild asters that reach peak bloom this month. Along with their botanical cousins, the goldenrods, asters say “fall” better than any other ...

Fall is aster time. Known by the common name, Michaelmas daisy, this plant with starlike flowers has a daisylike bloom shape, as the name implies. Many asters from North America have recently been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gardener prunes aster stems - An Mazhor/Shutterstock Asters are gorgeous members of the daisy family that light up the autumn ...

Summer is over, officially, and the garden knows it. Tomatoes exist only in the kitchen, many flowers are looking lackluster, and trees are losing their leaves. What’s a gardener to do? I buy color in ...

Person using watering can to water asters in the garden - Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock The Aster (Symphyotrichum spp.) is a gorgeous flower, bringing shades of pink, purple, white, and even blue to ...