Refresh your autumn garden with fall-blooming perennials and annuals.
We thinkSouthern gardensshow their true colors in fall.
All it takes isplanting a few perennialsand annuals to keep your garden alive through thecold-weather season.
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Fall has a pleasantly surprising array of blooms.
Arrange your cold-weather garden with various jewel-tone shades like red, gold, orange, and purple.
Don’t believe us?
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Scroll for a little growing inspiration and a dose of autumnal whimsy.
Add colorful stacked pumpkins to take your garden to the next level.
Use Flashy Marigolds
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Marigolds (Tagetesspp.)
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add a splash of bright orange and yellow to container gardens in full sun.
Enjoy these hardy blooms throughout summer and fall, often until the first frost.
Deadheading will produce more flowers.
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Add some trailing plants to balance the pops of color and add variety to your containers.
Plant Russian Sage
Using Russian sage (Salvia yangii) makes a bold statement in any garden.
Plant it in full sun in well-drained soil in USDA plant hardiness zones 5-9.
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Use Decorative Mums
The classic fall combination ofmums and pumpkinsgives your front entry a warm welcome.
This duo brings a feeling of autumnal bliss to mind.
For thebest bloom, place them in full sun and water frequently.
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Brighten With Perennial Sunflowers
While perennial sunflowers (Helianthusspp.)
Plant once and enjoy for years to come.
Perennial sunflowers like moist soil and full sun but will adjust to partial shade and average garden conditions.
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Thrill, fill, spill your sun-drenched containers with it, as well as fountain grass andsweet potato vines.
Like mums, lettuce requires more regular watering, so keep that in mind for this arrangement.
Protect it from hot afternoon sun to keep your greens from bolting.
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But mixing in multi-colored coleus foliage will make your containers shine.
Coleus usually grow best in partial shade, but look for newer varieties that can tolerate more sun.
Protect them from afternoon sun if your days are still hot and keep soil lightly moist.
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Add an autumnal flair to your entryway by stepping up your container arrangement decor in thisunique, DIY-style planter.
Use this opportunity to complement the orange-colored pumpkins with the various mum hues.
Grow Violas In Stacked Containers
These red viola-filled containers have serious curb appeal.
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A display like this deserves to be front and center.
Stack the containers on your entryway stairs or group them for a clustered arrangement.
These cool-season flowers often continue blooming into winter, and can be grown in full or partial sun.
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This tall plant looks great on its own or alongside a wall or fence.
Plant it in full or partial sun in well-drained soil.
Pair Pansies And Evergreens
When you grow tired of smaller-bloom violas, try theircountry counterpartspansies.
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These eye-catching flowers will liven up your garden throughout the fall and can last all winter in milder climates.
Pansies are great for containers, borders, or ground cover in areas with full or partial sun exposure.
In thisimpressive container gardendisplay, the magenta hues of coleus and sweet potato vine offset the creamy flowers.
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Calibrachoa performs best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun.
Embrace Multi-Colored Violas
Galvanized buckets filled with violas and creeping Jenny are true garden gems.
The spillers add some interest to wherever you place this container.
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Try using this arrangement in hanging baskets and allow the creeping Jenny to trail to the ground.
Get Sunny With Marigolds
Say hello to this late-season beauty.
The autumnal-gold color livens up any fall garden.
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Some varieties of heleniums bloom late in the season, up to the first frost.
In addition, they’re also a great deer and rabbit repeller.
Plant in full sun and give them plenty of water.
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The delicate flower is great as a filler between larger shrubs or under trees.
Keep these in areas with at least partial sun.
Arrange Contrasting Classic Mums
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As we said, mums are a classic.
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This selection of varying mums uses a fall color palette to highlight the season’s best featurethe changing foliage.
No matter where your tree’s foliage is in its transition, there is a mum to match.
There are many other varieties to choose from today.
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A late-blooming standout, tall stonecrops and ground-hugging sedums require very little attention and are drought tolerant.
Both types offer tiny, colorful flower clusters that attract loads of pollinators.
Allow bright foliage to spill over the container, creating an elegant cascading display.
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Surrounding the arrangement with pumpkins adds an extra dosage of fall scenery to the display.
When coneflowers stop blooming, the bristly seed-heads attract goldfinches and other birds all season long.
Blooming in late summer and early fall, asters can withstand the South’s fickle autumn temperatures.
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Plant variegated sweet flag in the center, and surround it with alternating plantings of ornamental cabbage and marigolds.
Fill in the outer edges with ivy, allowing it to spill over the sides.
Water regularly, particularly if the sweet flag and ivy are sitting in direct light.
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Plant A Patch Of Goldenrod
Goldenrod’s bright flowers are a beacon to bees in the autumn.
Most will grow in zones 8 and cooler.
Admire The Toad Lily
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Perennial toad lilies (Tricyrtisspp.)
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are a spectacular autumn bloomer that can be grown in zones 9 and cooler.
Toad lilies appreciate rich, well-drained, moist soil in partial shade.
Plant camellias in zones 7-9 in light shade and rich, well-drained soil.
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Make A Statement With Joe Pye-Weed
Native Joe Pye-weed (Eutrochiumspp.)
sets a dramatic backdrop in the fall garden.
Most gardeners plant it in full sun as an annual and enjoy it along with the hummingbirds and butterflies.
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Usually grown as an annual, gomphrena will continue blooming into the fall.
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