Most asters are fall bloomers, and many species are quite hardy and sport flowers up to and even past the first frosts.

Asters have daisy-like flowers with white or yellow centers and petals varying from white to blue to lavender to pink. They’re equally at home in a cutting garden, cottage garden or border ...

Many gardens go drab this time of year after summer flowers have faded away. But in fields and along roadsides, swaths of native asters add explosions of color to the transitioning landscape ...