The Garden Guy used to drive Mississippi’s Highway 49 from Hattiesburg to Gulfport to fall in love with the native Stokes aster. They aren’t just native to Mississippi but found throughout the South.

Asters are diverse, widespread flowers found in various colors and on most continents. They thrive in sunny locations and bloom from late summer through fall, attracting pollinators like bees and ...

blooming their heads off, despite the longer nights and cooler days . They provide dazzling sights for our appreciative eyes in the midst of browning surroundings. They also are an important ...

As I think about it, the land seems to first wake up in spring in the forest, starting with the spring wildflowers that erupt from the ground there in shades of white, lavender, pink and yellow. Their ...

Commonly called the Michaelmas daisy, asters comes in a multitude of varieties, colors and sizes. Fall is aster time. Known by the common name, Michaelmas daisy, this plant with starlike flowers has a ...

As September, ends the yellow flowers of wild goldenrods are joined by the lavender, blue, pink or white blossoms of asters. They, like so many other flowers that bloom now, are members of the ...

They are everywhere, In the fields, in the gardens, even in the wedding bouquets. You see them in white, pink, lavender, violet, blue, and even yellow. What wonderful flowers. There are as many as 170 ...

The aster flower has an interesting history and it belongs to the astonishing Asteraceae family which has a long list of unexpected plants. It is nonpoisonous and has been used for food and medicine.

Drive down any country road or highway during October and you're sure to find abundant, colorful asters in full glorious bloom. In dancing masses of purple, lavender, pink, blue and white, our native ...

Fall wildflowers have been with us for some time now. These large and persistent plants take over spaces in the meadows, unmowed fields, marshes and roadsides. It is at this latter site that most of ...