Size: “Prince” calico aster grows to be 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide when mature. Care: Provide regular watering especially as the flower buds develop in mid summer. No staking is required.

Calico asters can be confused with other similar-looking species. However, if you look closely, you’ll notice the plant has another distinguishing characteristic: Its flowers grow from only one ...

This aster is a stout plant growing 4-8 feet tall. Calico aster (lateriflorus horizontalis), named from the appearance of its many tiny pink and white flowers, is a species reaching one to two feet.

Aster Yellows affects plant foliage, seen here stunting carrot growth. Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.jpg© Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.

Asters are known as late bloomers – season extenders for your late summer and fall garden. In Virginia, the native calico aster, Symphyotrichum laterifolium, is seen well into November even ...

The name "Aster yellows" is misleading because this disease affects not only asters, but more than 300 plant species. The name comes from the North American native Aster Leafhopper, a tiny olive ...

The extirpated species is mountain aster, which was last seen in the 1970s and was only known from Ashtabula and Lake counties. But most of our asters remain common and conspicuous, at least locally.

Great Plant Pick: Aster x frikartii “Jungfrau,” Frikart’s aster Frikart’s aster has an extraordinarily long bloom period, from late July into early October. by Richie Steffen Friday, April ...