You may be tempted to hang up your gardening tools, but November is the perfect time to tick off last-minute gardening tasks ...

Move over, chrysanthemums, there’s another beautiful autumn bloomer that belongs in your garden. Not only do asters look fabulous, but they also provide late season food for pollinators such as ...

When you grow asters, the sun-loving plants can flower anywhere from July through to late October, depending on the variety.

Instead of pruning your dead aster flowers to prepare for the colder months ahead, leave them alone and bask in your ...

If you're looking for some easy-care perennials that will fill your garden with glorious color, take a look at these ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." New England asters (Symphotrichum novae-angliae) are native to the U.S. with small daisy-like flowers in ...

This week, let’s round out our discussions of fall-blooming perennials by considering the aster. Asters, botanically known as Symphyotrichum after a recent name change, are a genus of plants in the ...

The blooms are large, reaching 3 to 4 inches wide and almost as exotic looking as those of the passionflower. Stokes’ asters have always been among my favorite native perennials though I have ...