Autumn flowering plants like asters are a great way to add beauty and color to your landscape, especially as the temperatures ...

There are many varieties of aster, both perennial and annual, and their bright daisy-like flowers come in shades of pink, purple, blue, apricot and white. They are members of the Asteraceae family ...

They also pick very well for flower arranging. Best known in gardens are the New England Aster (A. novae-angliae) and the New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii) which will grow to three feet or so ...