Fall in the garden can be messy, wild, and full of blooms for pollinators too. It’s an important time for migrating monarchs, and all the pollinators finishing their jobs for the season. Without these final food sources, pollinators struggle to survive the seasonal transition, making fall flowers just as essential as the flush of spring. These are three of my favorites, all natives to the northeast US. White wood aster: grows in shade and spreads to light up dark fall spaces. New England Aster:

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