Perennial flowering plants are effortless and reliable. They return every year and come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. But when picking perennials, some people wonder if the daisy-like flowering ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." New England asters (Symphotrichum novae-angliae) are native to the U.S. with small daisy-like flowers in ...

Nothing makes a garden feel a little empty like walking past your flowers and seeing no butterflies in sight. The blooms may be colorful, the beds tidy, but without those flitting wings, your garden ...

A few of my coneflowers had strange growths on each flower head. This is the first time I have seen this on my plants. What caused this, and is there anything I can do to improve the health of my ...

What: A lovely North American native, Aster divaricatus rambles and tumbles through the garden bed. In late summer a profusion of lacey small white flowers top the lax purple-black stems. The frothy ...

Climbing asters, or Ampelaster carolinianus, are a wonderful addition to any vertical surfaces, including walls, fences or garden structures. Growing upwards is a clever trick to make the most of your ...

What: Aster x frikartii “Jungfrau” is a sister seedling of Aster x frikartii “Mönch,” and like its sister, it has an extraordinarily long bloom period, from late July into October. Its flower heads ...

A fall-blooming native perennial is the Snow Flurry heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides 'Snow Flurry' syn. Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'). Snow Flurry has small, stiff, dark-green lanceolate leaves.

Fall does not have to mean the end of bright blooms in central Ohio; some late-flowering perennials are making their debut after a long summer in waiting. New England aster Purple Dome (Symphyotrichum ...