A few of my coneflowers had strange growths on each flower head. This is the first time I have seen this on my plants. What caused this, and is there anything I can do to improve the health of my ...

Is this yellow aster? Several of my coneflowers just had brown cones; they didn’t bloom. Can I cut down the plants now or do I need to take them completely out? They always seem to struggle with ...

Aster yellows is a condition that affects many flowers including not only coneflower, but also asters, chrysanthemum, coreopsis, cosmos, daisy, dianthus, gladiolus, marigold, petunia, phlox, and ...

If you find a plant in your garden that seems to have a strange growth pattern, it may well have aster yellows disease. This disease was first identified on aster flowers, many years ago. The ...

Coneflowers are one of my favorite garden flowers as they are so attractive to the pollinators, make wonderful additions to any cut flower bouquet, and are incredibly long lasting. So, imagine my ...

Have you noticed how many tall perennials bloom with yellow, daisy-like flowers from midsummer through fall in fields and gardens in this area? There are a lot of them, all U.S. natives, all members ...

Q. Some of my purple coneflowers have lost color and have bizarre shapes, they look like Frankenflowers. What is this? M. S., Tulsa A. Your coneflowers are infected with an organism called Aster ...

Nothing makes a garden feel a little empty like walking past your flowers and seeing no butterflies in sight. The blooms may be colorful, the beds tidy, but without those flitting wings, your garden ...

When it's time to plan out the garden, there are lots of decisions to make. Of course, no matter what you decide, in order to make the boldest statement possible, your garden should be filled with ...