Find more inspiration with the best perennial plants for pots if you're a balcony gardener. Plant some asters and they will lift your late-season garden when many other flowers are fading ...

There are many varieties of aster, both perennial and annual, and their bright daisy-like flowers come in shades of pink, purple, blue, apricot and white. They are members of the Asteraceae family ...

Asters are one of the last perennial flowers to bloom in the landscape ... reaching about 3 to 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Some of the tall varieties may need staking to keep them from flopping ...

But those same benefits can be hard from new varieties of tough perennials and native-adjacent ... It blooms late spring to early fall. Golden aster is drought-tolerant and adds a burst of yellow ...