Aster ‘Alert’ calls out to you with its intense, almost glowing pink-red blooms in late summer starting in mid-August. The bloom continues in late September as literally hundreds of these brilliant daisies with short, rounded rays surrounding a bright yellow center coat the plant, totally obscuring the foliage at times. It’s a great show on a compact growing, easy care plant that refuses to be a space hog like many Asters can be. Always in control, ready to shine by itself or in a group, this New York Aster will inject some brightness into your garden while asking for nothing but a full sun location and moist, well-drained soil.