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Symphyotrichum formerly known as the Aster genus includes 120 to 150 species in the United States. In the Asteraceae family, each star-like flower is composed of yellow disc flowers and blue, purple, ...

I have always enjoyed learning the names of wild plants, birds and animals that I encounter. I own quite a few field guides to help me identify them and can usually figure out even some of the more ...

Though the calendar shows we still aren’t technically to autumn, September usually is the start of fall gardening. The arrival of potted chrysanthemums and asters signals fall. Overnight, garden ...

It looks a little like a climbing daisy, but it's blooming in September. What's going on? Meet Aster carolinianus, which pops out lavender starbursts in fall as it hugs a trellis or sprawls through ...

As the growing season winds down, the blooms of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, commonly called New England aster, add their colors to those of the autumn leaves. “It brings the fall” was the name ...

It looks a little like a climbing daisy, but it's blooming in September. What's going on? Meet Aster carolinianus , which pops out lavender starbursts in fall as it hugs a trellis or sprawls through ...

Here it is mid-September and still most of the asters are taking their sweet time opening. Not that anticipation is a bad thing. While I enjoy the late clematis, Joe pye weed, Zinnias, Cosmos, and ...