A fall favorite of mine is our native calico aster. It is found in all eastern U.S. states and Canadian provinces. Around our local area, I’m seeing more of these plants than usual. The ...

The flowers of white woodland aster light up the woodland garden for many weeks. If you love butterflies, you need asters in your autumn garden. Aster blossoms come in shades of blue, lavender ...

Size: “Prince” calico aster grows to be 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide when mature. Care: Provide regular watering especially as the flower buds develop in mid summer.

Pretty flowers are only part of what pollinators need. Here are some native plants that help pollinators thrive in your ...

The shrub-like aster is a broadly branched perennial with needle-like leaves; it grows 1 to 3 feet tall. Another late bloomer is often called calico aster (S. lateriflorum) ...

As October approaches, I can always count on observing asters and meadowhawks. Asters are lovely, omnipresent bouquets of multiple flowers with yellow, pink and brown centers surrounded by long whi… ...

Asters are stars of the fall garden. While many gardens are in decline asters are late bloomers that provide and food for pollinators and birds.

“The aster has not wasted spring and summer because it has not blossomed. It has been all the time preparing for what is to follow, and in autumn it is BENEFICIAL LANDSCAPES ...

The extirpated species is mountain aster, which was last seen in the 1970s and was only known from Ashtabula and Lake counties. But most of our asters remain common and conspicuous, at least locally.

Aster season is coming to an end here in Zone 5, but don’t cut down those drying stalks just yet, says John Magee. A garden designer based in Middleburg, Va., John is a leader of the native plant ...