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From the family of true garden workhorses, this fall-blooming aster will enjoy the shade, offering its starry white flowers with mahogany stems from midsummer into fall. Lush and spreading, this is an incredibly versatile and useful plant: an airy ground cover, amenable to sun, shade, or even dry shade when...

A variety of Asters dug from our garden! Minimum temperature: -20° F

Valuable for their gold-centered bright blue ray flowers and long bloom in late summer to fall, this should be one of the staples in your perennial garden. This particular blue veritably glows in the lowering fall light! Tough and pretty. Mature size: 2 – 4 ft tall x 2 – 3 feet wide. Minimum temperature:...

From the gardens of Great Dixter comes this magnetic Aster with large glowing, bright-pink flowers accented by a golden center. Give this tall selection plenty of room. A New England and Midwestern native, with thick, sturdy stems and good mildew resistance. Attracts birds, butterflies, and bees! Mature size: 4+ ft T Minimum temperature:...

Perfect for providing a swath of color during the late fall season and quite tolerant of frost, choose this brilliant purple Aster to provide panache in the meadow garden. A Japanese selection with a robust stoloniferous growth habit that can quickly fill in a large space. Beloved by pollinators and Butterflies. Mature size: 2 ft...

Double, saturated violet-pink flowers completely cover this choice aster cultivar from early through late autumn. Stunning. Mature size: 24–30 inches tall & 24 inches wide Minimum temperature: -30° F

Small white daisy-like flowers bloom in late summer; are an attractive garden addition and beloved by pollinators. The flower sprays make excellent cut flowers. Appreciates some summer water. Tolerant of clay. Mature size: 3-4 ft tall and ft wide Minimum temperature: -20° F

Low basal foliage undergirds a bevy of lavender-pink flowers in late summer and fall. 2 ft tall and clumping. Minimum temperature: 0° F

Always to remain one of my favored asters because of its elegant dark leaves liberally sprinkled with white, raspberry-pink-centered flowers in summer — profuse tiny delights make a cloud of bloom — a prince of a plant. Stiff, tight, shrubby growth, 2 x 2 ft. Minimum temperature: -30° F

The species is a New England and Midwestern native, and this cultivar boasts royal purple rays surrounding yellow centers on a "daisy" flower that thickly covers this low , mounding, compact perennial — in short, it is a purple dome. Bloom time is late summer to fall, enriching the autumn garden with its wonderful...

Myriads of tiny white flowers burst into a blizzard of bloom in late summer. Their woody stems creep along the ground from the central crown to form a fine, feathery mound that is dense enough to suppress weeds. Effective in the rockery or as a ground cover in sharply draining soil. When flowers...

Puffs of greens and creams offset this Astrantia's ruby-red bracts with darkening tips on the underside. Prized for both cut and dried flowers, masterwort attracts pollinators and leaves your garden abuzz with activity. Late spring blooms on stems to 2 ft T. Hardy to -30. Mature size: 2 ft tall x 1 ft wide....

Astrantia major ‘Sparkling Stars Pink’ Pink and cream ‘sparkling’ tiny flowers create an umbel above papery bracts with punctuating pink tips. Rosey pink undersides of the bracts create glamor from all angles. Prized for both cut and dried flowers, masterwort attracts pollinators and leaves your garden abuzz with activity. Late...

Light pink pea-like flowers emerge in spring followed by vivid burgundy foliage that transitions to chartreuse than green creating a striking kaleidoscope of foliage on this compact Eastern Redbud. Appreciates some summer water and afternoon shade in hot climates.Mature size: 15 - 20 ft T x 10 - 15 ft W Minimum temperature: -20° F

Merlot red blossoms form an umbel above a collar of cream bracts dipped in wine. Flower heads sit on gorgeous purple stems. Prized for both cut and dried flowers; flowers attract pollinators and leave your garden abuzz with activity. Mature Size: 2ft T x 2ft W Minimum temperature: -30 °F

Green-tipped white bracts (the ruffed collar), and pink and white center pin cushions will sparkle in the shade garden in late spring. It colonizes but uses good manners. And it will even survive periods of dry shade in late summer, too! Mature size: 2-3 ft T, slowly colonizing Minimum temperature:...