October 11th Birthday Flower: "Peacock Aster"Today's birthday flower is the "Peacock Aster" from the Aster genus in the ...

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ASTERS appear incongruous in the autumn garden. They flower profusely, in a manner that is surely more suited to summer, yet when all other herbaceous perennials are fading and dying, the star-like ...

As your summer blooms slowly fade, there's a stunning perennial with bright purple flowers that will add sparkle to your fall garden and keep pollinators happy.

Virtually everyone loves autumn pansies and mums, but it's asters that quicken my gardening pulse. When asters are on, they shine like no other perennial in the garden. And they have been shining for ...

As the growing season winds down, the blooms of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, commonly called New England aster, add their colors to those of the autumn leaves. “It brings the fall” was the name ...

Before the trees put on their colorful autumnal cloaks, the newly re-wilded fields at my home turn to gold and purple. New England American-aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) begins blooming in ...

Though the calendar shows we still aren’t technically to autumn, September usually is the start of fall gardening. The arrival of potted chrysanthemums and asters signals fall. Overnight, garden ...