Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Plants for Fall Flower Gardens

 


By now your summer flowers are probably beginning to fade.  Are you looking to add a little color to your garden for the fall season?  Of course mums and asters (pictured above) are obvious choices.  But there are more.  Here's a few to think about.

 Cimifuga is a late blooming perennial with fern like foilage that is ideal for a shade garden.






The Japanese anemone has pretty pink or white flowers.  It prefers light shade.




Golden Rod has tiny yellow flowers.  It prefers full sun.



Sedum grows in clumps.  It's flowers are shades of red and pink.








Black eyed Susan is a pretty daisy-like flower that is ideal for full sun.







Of course you can also use ornamental grasses and shrubs for contrast with your flowers.  As you can see, just because the long, warm days of summer are over, it doesn't have to mean that your gardens have to stop looking pretty. 


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22 comments:

  1. I agree!
    Now, if only I could grow any of that...

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    1. Sometimes what you can grow depends on your soil. Things that were easy for me to grow in Ohio are a lot harder to grow in Georgia!

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  2. These are all beautiful, dear Sherry! Thank you so much for sharing.

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  3. Our golden rod is currently blooming but it is not in a good shape as we are still suffering drought. Cimifuga is such a cute flower. What is the point of ghost writer being a GHOST writer if he will be revealed? LOL

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    1. If the ghost writer doesn't want his/her identity revealed, then the author can just disclose that a ghost writer was used.

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  4. My anemones are going crazy right now. We took out a tree in our front yard, and they are loving the extra water this year. :) I used to have sedum and black-eyed Susans, but my raspberries have taken over in that plot. I need to plant some more next year.

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    1. Raspberries can be invasive. Hope you got a good crop from them, though.

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  5. Most of my flowers are still going strong and usually do in the fall. So I never have room for mums. And, as painful as it is, I start taking out my annuals at the end of October while the weather is relatively nice. It can turn bitterly cold here in Michigan anytime in November, and it's not fun gardening then.

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    1. My mom lives in Iowa. She's busy taking out her annuals now.

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  6. Oooh! Pretty. I think I have the yellow one in my front yard. My daughter received it as a gift one year, we planted it, and it keeps coming back, so hopefully that's a good sign.

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    1. That's great! It's always fun when you're able to enjoy a flower gift year after year.

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  7. Now I wish I did have a garden! Thank you for sharing the lovely pictures of what's possible. Keep nurturing your garden -- and keep writing!

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  8. My summer flowers never grew much because of the drought. Now we have flood advisories because of the tropical storm! We can't win.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. Florida is kind of tough. Elephant ear plants, palm trees, and spider ferns seemed to to the best when I lived there.

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  9. Texas heat has blasted everything this summer. We had Japanese aurelia that flat out died. Still rather warm for mums. When I take a walk, a few bold folks have out some pots.
    I've enjoyed your travel photos on Instagram.

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    1. Thanks! I don't post all my pictures there. I had a ton from my last trip to New York and Connecticut.

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  10. I totally agree, Sherry. I had to laugh at goldenrod as a garden flower. It is a beautiful, but ubiquitous weed in Nova Scotia. Definitely a fall flower. All the best to you!

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    1. In Ohio, it's considered a weed, too. At first, I thought I was allergic to it. But it turns out I'm actually allergic to ragweed.

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  11. My Asters never make it to fall. They stop blooming in early August. The Blackeyed Susan's I've had didn't make it through the winter, so I replanted the following year with the same sad result. Dang it's frustrating.
    Traveling Suitcase

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    1. That's too bad! I had good luck with all those flowers in Cincinnati. Not so much in Georgia.

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