When the flowers of summer fade and die the garden can look rather dull and depressing. As the leaves fall and the flower stems turn from green to brown it appears that the garden is finished for another year. But it doesn’t have to be like this. There is still time with the correct choice of plants to enjoy a last burst of color before the frosts arrive. This article by Annette Ipsan which I found on The Master Gardeners website suggests ten plants that bloom at this season.
Fall is often the garden’s forgotten season. We spend so much time creating beauty from spring’s first flowers to June’s abundance that we forget how rewarding fall can be. The good news is that there are some wonderful plants that put on their best show between August and October.
First, go for the gold – or, rather goldenrod. All perennial Solidago varieties (not to be confused with sneeze-inducing ragweed) sport rays of yellow blooms until the first frost. Try the common knee-high cultivars or the spectacular 4-foot “Fireworks.”
Brazilian verbena just keeps going and going, blooming right up to frost from its June beginnings. Purple clusters of tiny flowers dance in the slightest breeze atop 3-foot stems. I never cut this reliable perennial back because it looks lovely when capped with snow.
Go to the next page to see more of these great fall blooming flowers.
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Beautiful
Jacky Barnes, my ageratum is in full bloom, lovely blue flowers. Come see and bring Aimee Bentley and your precious grandbabies
so pretty.
Tropical Plumbego is a big beautiful cloud of blue……Two urns on my deck. Love the color.
Tati Poerwantoro
Beautiful
Very pretty.
plumbago
Candace Ecadnac
I want them all
always lovin’ plumbago <3
love plumbago… the color is so beautiful and unique to a flower.
Beautiful.
What pretties!
Those-are-pretty
Awesome
what’s the name ?
Pretty
Lindo
where can i find them?
I found mine at lowes and Home Depot
Don’t know what it is called but I love it. Is it a perennial ?
My Mums are starting to bloom. They are perennial ones! Sedum is so pretty too!
Thank you Sandra, I live in upstate NY do you think in would do well here?
Also does it need full sun?
Love that color!??
Rene Paoletti
Renee Belote
Maggie Jackson Slaton
The blue phlox pictured blooms in spring for me.
I like
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like,what is the name of this flower?
I’ve always wanted to know what that was! I Had a volunteer spring up out of nowhere!
Dass ist bei mir einfach unverstaendlich quach!