When I drove out of Alabama for North Carolina 35 years ago, all I could see behind me were gaunt pines and dry, dull cotton fields, disappearing in the dust of my truck. What a relief, when I got to ...

Description: Genus of one species of erect perennial originating in the southeastern United States but now grown all over the country. Rosette forming, it features elliptic or lance-shaped basal ...

Blue and violet are two colors that can attract more birds to your garden. Stokesia (Stokesia laevis) can bring these hues to your yard from early summer through autumn, summoning a range of songbirds ...

Q: Could you help me identify this flower and tell me about the plant? I took this photo in my mother's garden in NC and think that it is stokesia, but am not positive. I am entering the photo into a ...

We are confronted this week with a beautiful native species, one which really is a bit mysterious. “Stoke’s aster,” “Blue aster,” Stokesia laevis is a perennial herb that is commonly seen in gardens, ...

Tell me about Stokes’ aster, please. I remember my grandmother planting seeds and having the most wonderful mounds of blue flowers all summer. Now that I have my own house, I’d like to have them, too.

Stokes' aster is an unusual plant with large cornflower-like blooms on short plants, with rosettes of narrowly lance-shaped, dark-green leaves. It has a long flowering season, from mid-summer until ...

A trio of three perennials -- Geranium 'Rozanne' with pink baby's breath and Calamintha 'Marvelette Blue' -- has created a light and airy floral combination that is constantly visited by bees. The ...