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Garden asters have long been a favorite in the perennial garden. Many of them revel in the hot Kentucky sun, take drought in stride and flower in the fall when precious little else is adding flower ...

With the first frost of the year racing toward us, I have to root for the flowers that thumb their noses at the falling temperatures. Sure, they'll eventually lose to the cold, but they'll put on ...

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