With bright petals on daisy-like flowers, asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) are a popular addition to any garden. Known as a keystone species, asters serve as an important food source for pollinators in ...

Nothing makes a garden feel a little empty like walking past your flowers and seeing no butterflies in sight. The blooms may be colorful, the beds tidy, but without those flitting wings, your garden ...

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 ...

As the vibrant colors of your garden fade and autumn gives way to the quiet chill of winter, it can be tempting to tidy ...

We asked pro gardeners to share how to deadhead asters the right way, so you can have big blooms all season long this fall.

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 ...

As the temperature begins to shift, choose hardy plants that thrive in cool weather to keep your garden colorful and vibrant this autumn.

As I wander the grounds of the arboretum throughout the month of May, my eye is caught by the blue flowers of the late spring-blooming plant commonly known as Stokes aster. Closely related to its ...

You might associate bees with lush summer gardens and meadows. But this fall, one northern Illinois prairie is abuzz with the ...

There are a few more plants that are still to bloom in November, like witch hazel shrubs. As for vegetables, Anderson says ...

Gottfried Benn is certainly the chief of the German expressionist poets. He was a controversial figure, a medical doctor who made his name as a man of letters, and as a provocateur. His work is very ...