Asters, a group of vibrant perennial flowers native to North America, bloom in response to the shortening fall days, showcasing their colorful daisy-like purple or blue blooms from August through ...

a young woman planting a container garden - sergey kolesnikov/Shutterstock A container garden on a porch, with pots of flowers and evergreens, has an appealing aesthetic, but if you've ever tried to ...

What: Aster lateriflorus “Prince” has foliage that emerges dark purple in the early spring and holds its color all season long. In full sun, the thin-fine textured leaves are almost black and held on ...

What: A lovely North American native, Aster divaricatus rambles and tumbles through the garden bed. In late summer a profusion of lacey small white flowers top the lax purple-black stems. The frothy ...

The mornings are getting colder and there has been frost on the docks and boats at sunrise. The willows and aspen are turning gold, and purple asters seem to be still blooming in abundance here in ...

Aster yellows disease: You may have heard of this bizarre condition, or, like me, perhaps you’ve seen it in your own garden but didn't realize it was a disease. The first time I saw Aster yellows on ...

*Growth habit: A clump-forming perennial with a basal rosette of foliage growing to 18 inches tall and wide. The flowers are produced on stems reaching well above the foliage that bear leaf-like ...

A fall-blooming native perennial is the Snow Flurry heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry' syn. Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'). Snow Flurry has small, stiff, dark-green lanceolate leaves.

Fall in the Kentucky garden can be a hard time of year. By the time September and October roll around, we’ve been through spring gully-washers and summer droughts. The early season fertilizers have ...