What: Aster x frikartii “Mönch” is a long-blooming aster loaded with lavender-blue flowers from July to October. It has a superior habit with strong stout stems on a well-branched mounded plant.

Snapshot: OK, this isn’t a California native, but this popular aster has made itself right at home in the Central Valley. This easy-care hybrid aster, developed in the early 1920s by Karl Frikart in ...

We should all be grateful to Aster x frikartii 'Mönch'. At a time when roses have lost their vim, hardy chrysanthemums are still in tight green bud and summer-flowering grasses are in desperate need ...

Fall is the time of year when we start thinking about putting the garden to bed and letting it take a nice long rest. But not so fast! There is still plenty to be done to prep your garden for winter.