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 ...

Have you noticed how many tall perennials bloom with yellow, daisy-like flowers from midsummer through fall in fields and gardens in this area? There are a lot of them, all U.S. natives, all members ...

Asters are a welcome addition to any garden Beneficial hoverflies can control an aphid population New York aster likes wet habitats Fall asters, goldenrods and black-eyed Susans are the mainstays of ...

Can you please tell me what this plant might be? It looks like a tall sunflower of some type and I saw it growing in the Five Points area. I would like to know what it is and how to grow it in our ...

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 ...

As I wander the grounds of the arboretum throughout the month of May, my eye is caught by the blue flowers of the late spring-blooming plant commonly known as Stokes aster. Closely related to its ...

The little yellow flower is deceptively beautiful with its sunny appearance but may actually pose a deadly threat to livestock if the plant happens to be cressleaf groundsel, which is also known as ...