With bright petals on daisy-like flowers, asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) are a popular addition to any garden. Known as a keystone species, asters serve as an important food source for pollinators in ...

If you find a plant in your garden that seems to have a strange growth pattern, it may well have aster yellows disease. This disease was first identified on aster flowers, many years ago. The ...

As October approaches, I can always count on observing asters and meadowhawks. Asters are lovely, omnipresent bouquets of multiple flowers with yellow, pink and brown centers surrounded by long white, ...