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 ...

Asters are gorgeous members of the daisy family that light up the autumn landscape with their white, purple, or blue blooms, and they provide an excellent source of food for wildlife. If you cut back ...

When you tidy your garden in preparation for winter, there's one item you should avoid doing if you want to attract beautiful ...

When you grow asters, the sun-loving plants can flower anywhere from July through to late October, depending on the variety.

M.B.: You don't have to do anything in the fall but enjoy your asters. Leaving the faded blooms and frost-blackened stems later in the season actually helps protect the roots from winter freezing. If ...

Move over, chrysanthemums, there’s another beautiful autumn bloomer that belongs in your garden. Not only do asters look fabulous, but they also provide late season food for pollinators such as ...

Move over, mums! There’s another beautiful autumn bloomer that belongs in your garden. Not only do asters look fabulous, but they also provide late season food for pollinators such as butterflies and ...

Instead of rushing to prune and clean up the garden as soon as the temperatures ... black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta), ...

A gardener’s work is never done! No matter the season, your location, or how you garden, there are four main categories of chores throughout the year: Soil, Propagate-Plant, Maintain, and Prune.