#fall containers

Foraged Foliage & Berries For Fall

Porch pots are an old fashioned way to decorate a deck, porch, or other entrance to greet people with something colorful during the fall and winter season. Burning bush, dogwood, viburnums, hydrangea flowers, and other fall colored branches are available for the taking along road sides or your property.

Spicebush on the edge of the woods

Blue Amsonia, a great perennial for fall color is the…

Fall container in urn-seen at Ladew Topiary Gardens- mums, ornamental cabbage, sedum coleus, heuchera, pansy, creeping jenny, variegated yucca

Tear out those tired looking spent annuals from the summer and jazz up your pots for the fall season. This is the time of year when I am craving some color because most of the fall flowers have faded or been hit by frost. Petunias, angelonia, and million…

It is time to freshen up your containers for fall and winter interest. I am a big fan of switching out my colorful annuals only twice a year- now for fall/winter and in April/May for the warmer months. This seems to help keep things simple and affordable.  Today I pulled the heat loving zinnias, coleus, bacopas, sweet potato vines and calibrachoas from 10 beautiful porch containers and replaced them with pansies and ornamental cabbage. Even though the coleus is still looking good in this container  the nighttime temperatures are dropping and it won't be long before the coleus gets bitten.

   Violas and pansies thrive in cooler temperatures and will bloom all winter with dead heading. You can't beat these little faces for a spot of color in the fall and winter if you are looking for a repeat bloomer. The ornamental kale and cabbage are another great choice for some showy fall/winter interest.