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 ...

Gardeners can either prune asters in the fall or not—it's a personal choice. Fall pruning creates a tidier yard and limits disease and pest infestation. Leaving asters unpruned produces a natural ...

If someone asked you to name the most dramatic color of autumn, odds are the last one on your list would be purple. However, the next time you see a bed of fall asters in full bloom, see if it doesn’t ...

Woman kneeling in flower garden with many different colors of mum flowers - Twentyseven/Getty Images The sight of mums in every grocery store and front porch marks the unofficial beginning of autumn.

Asters are one of the best plants to add to your yards. Why? Because not only are they at their best from late summer into fall, extending your annual tapestry of color, they are also super easy to ...

Looking for great fall bloomers? Check out asters. In the Linnaeus Teaching Garden, we grow several that have turned out to be real showstoppers. Raydon's Favorite, Aster oblongifolium, is one of my ...

* What it is: ‘Grape Crush’ is a recently introduced variety of our native New England aster that’s a very heavy bloomer and also compact enough that staking usually isn’t needed despite the many ...

We have spent a lot of time writing about fall vegetable gardening, but the action in the flower garden is just as exciting. Most gardeners in the region aim for year-round color while supporting ...