Recently their genus has been biologically reclassified to other genera, but aster is still the common name for all of them. No matter what color an aster flower is, though, it’s a great draw ...

The roadsides of our area are always loaded with a bounty of wildflowers each fall. Some of the yellows that dominate the ...

The darker purple, evergreen S. pratense, commonly called meadow or Barrens silky aster, also is worth seeking out, Reierson ...

But in fields and along roadsides, swaths of native asters add explosions of color to the transitioning landscape, with their golden centered, star-shaped flowers ranging from deep purple ...