Create stunning fall container gardens with these blooming annuals and perennials.
Mix and match them in your fall containers to achieve a beautiful display to enjoy all season long.
The flowers come in a range of autumnal colors, as well as white and purple.
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Its bold color and upright flowers make it an excellent thriller plant for the center of your container garden.
Aster
Fall-bloomingasters(Symphyotrichumspp.)
produce tons of small, daisy-like flowers in shades of purple, pink, or white.
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The blossoms attract butterflies and other pollinators.
These plants grow best in full sun and average to moistsoil conditions.
Celosia
The long-lasting flowers ofcelosiamake an attractive addition to both your fall container gardens and vases.
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These annual flowers come in a range of warm colors,such as red, yellow, and orange.
This will ensure that the blooms colors do not fade too quickly.
Coral Bells
Whilecoral bells(Heucheraspp.)
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Dahlia
Dahliasare arguably one of the most beautiful fall flowers for pots.
The blooms usually have golden-yellow and rusty-red bicolored petals around a dark center eye.
Some double varieties are extra petal-packed, such as ‘Goldilocks’ (shown here).
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Gloriosas are short-lived perennials in warmer areas but are usuallygrown as annuals.
Goldenrod
The feathery yellow flowers ofgoldenrod(Solidagospp.)
appear from late summer into fall.
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you’re able to also use the cheery flowers as filler in autumnalfloral arrangements.
In colder climates, they may overwinter if you keep your pots in a protected location.
Sneezeweed
In late summer to fall,sneezeweed(Heleniumspp.)
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produces sweet little yellow, red, gold, andorange flowers.
Pollinators love these perennial plants, but pests generally leave them alone.
Deadhead faded flowers to encourage new ones to develop and keep the plant looking tidier.
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Stonecrop
Also known as sedums,stonecrops(Hylotelephiumspp.)
are thick-stemmed, hardy perennials available in different varieties.
Zinnia
Vibrant, easy-carezinniasbloom from summer into fall.
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