Fall-blooming asters have small heads, 1-2 inches in diameter, with white or bluish rays and usually a yellow center, according to Hamilton. The tiny-flowered disk furnishes nectar to visiting ...

Gardening; Kickin' asters give butterfly-attractive color to the fall garden: George's Plant Pick of the Week. Published: ; Oct. 13, 2018, 2:00 p.m.

How to Plant Asters. You can grow asters from seed, ... Smooth Aster (Aster laevis) blooms well into November; yellow centers turn red later in the season; reaches 2 to 4 feet tall.

While Aster yellows is more prevalent in the Midwest, it’s also here in southwestern Pennsylvania and can be confusing to ...

Asters are easy to care for during the summer and will reward you with lovely blooms of purple, red, pink and lavender. If the plants become unruly, they need to be divided about every three years.

The common name daisy is derived from the Old English term "dægesege," which translates to "day's eye," or "eye of the day." ...

My pollinator garden filled with fall-flowering goldenrods, black-eyed Susan and asters hums with late-season insects. That’s the way it’s supposed to work, according to Helen Hamilton.… ...

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 ...

The large high pressure system that built over us last week brought stable weather and several welcome late summer warm and sunny days. I happened to be on the nature trail on my local saltmarsh ...