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 ...

SAN ANTONIO — Two of my favorite plants, fall aster and mint marigold, bloom for a short period in late fall. The aster plant grows to a mound about 2 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter if you restrict ...

For crossword puzzle fans, a clue that appears often in crossword puzzles: a five-letter word for ‘fall flower’? A-s-t-e-r The aster is the classic fall flower because, like mums, asters set blossoms ...

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 ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. After a few days of extreme heat and humidity, fall weather is finally here. The plentiful rains provide a great opportunity for fall planting of trees, ...

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 ...

Asters produce nectar for migrating butterflies and other beneficial insects. There’s a variety for most garden spots, from full sun to shade. “The aster has not wasted spring and summer because it ...

When most of us think about adding flowers to the garden, our minds naturally go to spring — the peonies, the tulips, the magnolias, and such. Maybe if we’re feeling unusually connected to the wee ...

Autumn's on the way, and there's no time like today to get acquainted with your designated September birth flowers — aster and morning glory. Whether a striking star or velvety trumpet, these radiant ...

Sunflower blossoms have dried to shriveled husks, rose petals have been swept off their branches by early fall breezes, and wildflowers are reduced to spindly seed heads making ready for next year.

Leaves are falling from some deciduous trees in the landscape. They can be allowed to decompose on the lawn, collected and placed in the compost pile or used as mulch. Mowing the leaves on the lawn ...

October flowers can be found on plants that range in size, shape, and growing habits: creeping or tall perennials, flowering shrubs, and even some like crape myrtle that can be grown as trees in some ...