(Aster, Dragon Hardy Aster)

This lovely aster displays numerous soft, lilac-blue daisies atop tidy, compact mounds of fine, deep green foliage. A patented hybrid, it was introduced by Yoder Brothers, Inc. and is marketed under the name ‘Dragon’. The cool blossoms decorate the garden from very late summer to early fall, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Provide this perennial with full to part sun and moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soil. Pinch back stem tips in late spring or early summer to...

(Aster, Magic Aster)

Loads of rich purple flowers, compact size and uniform growth combine to make ‘Yomagic’ a stellar perennial for late-season color in containers and borders. Marketed under the name Magic™, this Yoder Brothers, Inc. introduction resulted from a cross between Aster ‘Sunny Almog’ and an unknown cultivar. Its vivid, yellow-centered daisies are borne on low, spreading, well-branched plants in very early autumn, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Provide Magic™ with full...

(Aster, Puff Aster)

Drifts of this fresh, snowy-white aster will breathe new life into the garden following the long, hot months of summer. Marketed under the name ‘Puff’, this patented hybrid was introduced by Yoder Brothers, Inc. and is notable for its abundant, long-lasting flowers, deep green foliage, and compact, uniform habit. The bright, yellow-centered daisies are borne profusely on low, well-branched, spreading plants in very early autumn, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Provide this...

(Aster, Shout Aster)

Introduced by Yoder Brothers, Inc., aster ‘Shout’ covers itself with multitudes of cool, lavender-pink daisies in late summer to early fall. The bright, yellow-centered blossoms of this patented hybrid are borne on tidy, compact, well-branched plants, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Grow this perennial in full to part sun and moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soil. If desired, plants may be divided in spring every few years. As with other asters, ‘Shout’ is wonderful...

(Aster, Sloopy Aster)

This Yoder Brothers, Inc. introduction ushers in autumn with multitudes of soft blue, yellow-centered daisies borne atop tidy, compact, well-branched plants. The fresh blooms begin opening in late summer to early fall, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Grow this perennial in full to part sun and moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soil. If desired, plants may be divided in spring every few years. As with other asters, ‘Sloopy’ is wonderful for enlivening faded, late-season...

(Aster, Twist Aster)

Introduced by Yoder Brothers, Inc., aster ‘Twist’ adds richness to the early autumn landscape with a profusion of lavender-blue, yellow-centered daisies. The fresh blooms are borne atop strong, tidy, compact plants, and are highly attractive to bees and butterflies.

Grow this perennial in full to part sun and moderately moist, fertile, well-drained soil. If desired, plants may be divided in spring every few years. As with other asters, ‘Twist’ is wonderful for enlivening faded, late-season...

(Alpine Aster)

The cultivar 'Goliath' bears large, pale lilac-blue "daisies" early in the season. It is a selection of Aster alpinus, a spring-blooming aster native to slopes, tundra, and coastlines over much of the upper latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

This hardy, short-lived perennial forms a dense hummock of medium-green, spoon-shaped leaves. Daisy-like blossoms with slender ray petals and golden discs are singly borne atop short, sparsely leaved stems in late spring and early summer. Bees...

(White Wood Aster)

This colonizing perennial is a common resident of dry, open wooded areas across much of eastern North America. Delicate in appearance but easy to grow, it is valued for its clouds of small, white daisies produced at summer’s end.

The wiry, branched, upright to lax stems of white wood aster arise from wandering underground rhizomes. The stems are often purple-tinged. Toothed, oval to lance-shaped leaves alternate along the stems, becoming narrower and shorter-stalked toward the stem tips. Loose,...

(White Wood Aster)

Selected from a coastal Rhode Island population of white wood aster, 'Eastern Star' is distinguished by its dark-hued, relatively compact stems. The parent species is a colonizing perennial common to dry, open wooded areas across much of eastern North America. Delicate in appearance but easy to grow, it is valued for its clouds of small, white daisies produced at summer’s end.

The wiry, branched, upright to lax stems of white wood aster arise from wandering underground rhizomes. The stems of...

(Bushy Aster, Long-stalk Aster)

Bushy aster is a spreading, herbaceous perennial native throughout much of eastern North America, where it favors moist soils in open to lightly shaded areas. Lovely but easy to grow, it is valued for its showy display of dainty, colorful blossoms that brighten the landscape at summer’s end.

The many-branched, sometimes woody stems of this wildflower emerge from rhizomes (underground, lateral stems) which spread to form colonies. The small, smooth, green leaves are elliptical to lance-shaped,...