Cold-hardy perennials with daisy-like flowers, aster flowers are the pollinator stars of the garden from late summer through fall. Growing 1 to 6 feet tall, depending on variety, these upright flowering plants bear cheerful, star-shaped flower heads ranging from purple to white to blue.

Sep 3, 2024 · Learn how to care for asters (Symphyotrichum spp.) in order to benefit from their beautiful display of daisy-like blue, purple, and white flowers.

Aug 2, 2020 · Planting different kinds of asters in your garden will brighten up your garden when other plants have stopped blooming. The most common aster flower color is purple or lilac. However, many beautiful asters come in shades of pink, white, red, and blue. The scientific name for asters is Asteraceae, and it comes from the Greek word for star.

Oct 4, 2023 · Asters are a genus of plants with captivating star-shaped flowers that carpet garden landscapes throughout fall. Asters are easy to grow and are one of the few plants that flower reliably in the cooler season. This can help extend the color of spring and summer longer than most other perennials.

May 14, 2024 · Sweet, old-fashioned asters will fill your garden spaces with color in late summer and fall, and their small daisy-like flowers are a perfect addition for beauty and pollinators.

Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae.

Apr 4, 2024 · Asters are daisy-like flowers that bloom in late-summer and early-fall. They come in a wide variety of colors and sizes, are easy to grow and bloom predictably and reliably. They attract pollinators with their bright colors and are disease and deer resistant. On this page: Basics | Planting | Care and Maintenance | Pictures | Design Ideas.

Jan 10, 2024 · Aster can be perennials or annuals mostly with narrow leaves, and solitary or clustered, daisy-like flowers. Here are the different types of aster flowers: Aster amellus is a perennial that also goes by the name Italian Starwort, Michaelmas Daisy, and Fall Aster.

Aster flowers grow well in average soils but need full sun. Blooms grow on erect, woody stems. The flowers are 2 inches in diameter and are wilt-resistant. Aster flowers come in blues, pinks, purples, and white. All Asters are yellow in the center of the flower.

Oct 19, 2024 · Asters are summer-blooming perennial flowers known for their colorful petals on daisy-like flowers. The wild varieties are common in meadows and at the edges of woodlands, and there are many cultivated varieties in a wide range of sizes and colors.