THE flowering of Aster novi-belgii or Michaelmas daisy in my garden, a big mauve sister to the common little white daisy, was timely, occurring as it did around the September 29, the feast day of St ...

Q: What are Michaelmas daisies? My mother used to grow them, and I can’t find them in the nurseries. A: I think I first heard the term Michaelmas daisy in a PBS mystery — didn’t Agatha Christie’s Miss ...

On a bright, sunny day in September 2002, I made my first trip to Hyde Hall, the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden in Essex. I photographed numerous late-flowering plants, but what really blew me ...

Michaelmas daisies look great in autumn, with their stems studded with daisy flowers in pink, purple or white, each with a lush golden centre. Michaelmas daisies look great in autumn, with their stems ...

Where would we be without daisies? Even if their blaze of tiny flowers drives lawn perfectionists mad in spring, come September their big cousins, Michaelmas daisies, are more than welcome. North ...

There is something old-fashioned about Michaelmas daisies; something unpretentious and unflashy. But I like their autumnal gaiety and would always want them in any garden of mine. By this time of year ...

As late summer turns to autumn, the daisies in the garden come into their own. September sees the flowering of michaelmas daisies – known as Mickey Mouse when I was small. These range in colour and ...

I have always had a thing against asters, or Michaelmas daisies. Their plain central disk, with the petals whorled obviously around it, have a certain charm but I've always found this daisy flower too ...

GINA PARKINSON celebrates an autumn star turn that keeps on flowering as winter hovers near. ALTHOUGH the garden is rapidly heading to its winter slumber, a few precious plants manage to flower ...

The colourful asters provide a last blast of summer in the herbaceous gardens and this weekend visitors can join a free guided tour and get tips on how to grow and group asters from the garden’s ...