Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Annuals for Fall – freshening up those containers
Local nurseries, grocery stores and even some gas stations are showing off Fall annuals. It feels early but that might be due to our warmer than normal temperatures.
Anyway, the mums are dazzling and there are a whole lot of other gorgeous options to refresh those spent summer annuals. Change out those pooped out petunias for some flowering kale along with those mums.
Crotons scream fall colors! They also make great houseplants. They just need bright indirect light. Take a look at this gorgeous plant and my process in changing out 2 of my front entry containers! Maria taught me to plant my containers at an angle. Check out this FB video of her creating some huge containers!
Ornamental peppers also add splashes of color with hues of yellow, orange, red and purple.
I have a brain celosia that’s stunning. I know it sounds weird but it’s crazy beautiful.
Chartreuse sweet potato vines look really pretty with the red celosia. Another fall plant that can also transition into your home as a houseplant is Abutilon.
There are some fantastic annual grasses, ‘Toffee Twist’, is a great color to set off yellow and orange mums. Purple millet would look awesome with yellow mums and another type of flowering kale and ornamental cabbage! Pansies are back with the cooler weather too.
For a “thriller” consider planting a Rudbeckia aka blackeyed susan. There are several cultivars, you could use an annual or choose a perennial and then plant it in your garden!
The pumpkins will be here before you know it!