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Mums,
Mums, Mums - Mums are
perfect for brightening any
corner of the yard ... you can't
beat this traditional fall favorite!
Sedum
‘Autumn Joy’ -
This late-blooming perennial
has bold foliage and pink, changing
to copper-colored flower heads.
Japanese
Anemone - Tall growing
Japanese anemones are a stately
addition to the perennial garden.
Bloom colors range from pure
white to various shades of pink.
Flowers can be single, semi-double
or double. Anemones grow well
in light to moderate shade and
spread quickly to form large
clumps.
Goldenrod
(Solidago) - This perennial
has sunny yellow flowers. Wrongly
blamed as the cause of fall
allergy problems (now attributed
to Ragweed), Goldenrod has rightly
taken its place in the fall
garden. It looks particularly
effective combined with blue
flowering Plumbago, purple Asters
and ornamental grasses.
Asters
- Another group of fall bloomers
that butterflies love are the
Asters. Asters like plenty of
sun and moist but well drained
soil. There are many colorful
Aster varieties in shades of
pink, purple, blue and white.
Some favorites include tall-growing
Aster ‘Alma Potschke’
with bright pink flowers, blue-flowered
Aster ‘Professor Kippenburg’
and low-growing Aster ‘Purple
Dome’ with its deep purple
blooms.
Pansies
- Pansies give us many months
of color when other flowers
have faded. Beds, borders, containers,
and hanging baskets - dress
them all for fall with cheerful
Pansy faces. What's more, Pansies
can often be successfully overwintered
to rebloom again in the Spring!
Ornamental
Cabbage & Kale -
Red, purple, pink or white leaf
coloration of these plants intensifies
as the weather gets colder.
Try smooth-leaved cabbage or
frilly kale for months of color
in beds, borders and containers.
Looking to
add interest to the fall and
winter landscape? This year,
plant ornamental cabbage and
kale for bold textures and vibrant
colors. Unlike most annuals
and perennials, these plants
improve in appearance after
a frost or two with more intense
and brilliant colors. Identified
by a number of names, such as
floral kale, decorative kale,
ornamental-leaved kale, flowering
kale, and flowering cabbage,
ornamental cabbage and kale
belong to the Brassica oleracca
Acephala group. Offering unlimited
use in the landscape, these
plants have large rosettes of
gray-green foliage richly variegated
with cream, white, pink, rose,
red and purple. Kale leaves
are frilly edged and sometimes
deeply lobed.
Attractive
in borders, grouped in plantings
of three, five or more, or planted
in containers for the deck or
patio, ornamental cabbage and
kale grows to 12-16” high
and wide. Be sure to plant at
least 12” apart in full
sun in a moist, well-drained
soil. And, although they are
able to withstand light frosts
and snowfalls, they will typically
not survive hard freezes. They
are usually attractive in the
garden until Thanksgiving or
later. Hint – when the
plants smell like cooked cabbage,
it is time to pull them out!
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