I have always enjoyed learning the names of wild plants, birds and animals that I encounter. I own quite a few field guides to help me identify them and can usually figure out even some of the more ...

This month I want to highlight a late-blooming perennial, the aster. We have had asters in our garden for a while, but last year and this year they have put on a tremendous display. When something ...

As the growing season winds down, the blooms of Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, commonly called New England aster, add their colors to those of the autumn leaves. “It brings the fall” was the name ...