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Many gardeners may be dreading the cold autumn weather but it is actually the best time to begin planting flowers to ensure ...

One of the most famous and best autumn-flowering perennials is the aster (or Michaelmas daisy, if you prefer), which blooms ...

Thistles are a marvelous group of plants. Botanists place them all as members of the sunflower (or aster) family, which is a ...

Established clumps are best divided every three years, ideally in spring. The aged centre of the clumps is discarded and 9cm ...

In the fifth instalment of her ‘Planting Combinations’ series, Clare Foster talks to the master of naturalistic planting, ...

It's time to bring life to your fall garden with bright and airy colored blooms that will certainly chase down those seasonal ...

While the Extension does not advocate for the ban of all tropical milkweeds, it’s important for us to inform the public about ...

Aster yellows is a disease that can affect a wide variety of flowers and vegetables, including vegetables in the carrot ...

As you may know, the Native Plant Society of Texas passionately advocates for the use of landscape trees, shrubs and other ...

The flowers are insect pollinated, and various thistle species are widely known as important food sources for butterflies, as ...

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny ...