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 ...

When you tidy your garden in preparation for winter, there's one item you should avoid doing if you want to attract beautiful birds to your garden during the colder months: Pruning back certain ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — In seasons like All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day where flowers are in great demand, aster is one plant that flower arrangers cannot do without. Aster is a flowering plant used as ...

Aster yellows is not a new variety of flower; instead, it is a bacteria that affects over 300 species of plants, including ornamentals such as aster, coneflower, zinnia, marigold, chrysanthemum, ...

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 ...

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 and ...