Don't miss the final planting window for these stunning, heat-tolerant perennials! They'll fill your landscape with vibrant ...

A three-year-old girl survived a 12-foot fall after climbing a railing on the first floor of a garment store complex in ...

According to historians, Benjamin Franklin was quite a gardener. In fact, his famous saying might have been “a peony saved is a peony earned.” Whether we pronounce it pee-OH-nee or PEE-uh-nee, these ...

Do you know what a secateur is? I encountered the word a few years ago in a magazine featuring Martha Stewart, who was describing the fine points of the secateur she was marketing. A secateur is ...

Person using watering can to water asters in the garden - Viktor Sergeevich/Shutterstock The Aster (Symphyotrichum spp.) is a gorgeous flower, bringing shades of pink, purple, white, and even blue to ...

That feeling when your asters suddenly start popping up where your tulips are supposed to be next spring is a common frustration with gardeners. These late-season perennials are valued for their daisy ...

Asters are the grand finale of the garden season, bursting into a riot of purple, pink, blue, and white just as other flowers begin to fade. These hardy perennials are a cornerstone of any fall ...

DENVER — If your garden lacks color now, consider growing plants that put on a great fall show. Goldenrod produces sprays of bright yellow flowers. The bees love it. The variety I grow is "Crown of ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gardener prunes aster stems - An Mazhor/Shutterstock Asters are gorgeous members of the daisy family that light up the autumn ...

As summer fades and autumn approaches, goldenrod and asters light up fields, roadsides and gardens with a dazzling show of yellow and purple. Against the browning backdrop of late summer, their colors ...

A wet spring followed by a dry August caused a fungal blight on many lilac bushes, but they are expected to recover. Some bolted lettuce may still be palatable, and it is not too late in the season to ...