I love the weather we’re having now! My energy level is way up, I’m in the kitchen cooking again and planning my fall/winter garden. I talked with a lovely lady at our local Ace Garden Center to find out her best suggestions for Fall bloomers. I’m sharing them here with you today and making my way to the store to purchase some of each as well! Enjoy the colorful photos and get out your trowels! It’s planting time!!!
First on the list is one of my favorite flowers….Pansies. The fact that they are considered “winter” flowers here delights me no end. I love their happy little faces and especially love using them in containers. Pansies make me smile so I’ll be putting dozens in this fall.
Next on the list are Snapdragons. These tall elegant bloomers are perfect in any garden. There are dwarf varieties as well. The colors are spectacular and add such a vivid touch of color to fall gardens. I love a bed planted with deep fuschia snapdragons, ornamental cabbage and a border of alyssum…fall and winter perfection. If you don’t have flowerbeds but rely on containers, you can use the same combination in large pots.
I think that Dianthus are so pretty. The color variations of pretty pink shades look lovely. I especially like this garden where mounds of dianthus have a backdrop beautiful of white snapdragons.
Petunias are next on the list of lovely cool weather blossoms. Whether they are the traditional or wave variety they make such a dramatic show in containers and gardens alike.
Last, but certainly not least, is one of my favorite plants. It’s not flowering, but the fall color that Muhly Grass gracefully shows off in cooler weather is such a wonderful addition to any garden. I love watching it sway in a cool ocean breeze, it almost looks irridescent in the sunlight.
There you have it. I’ve got the gardening bug and I think it’s contagious! Visit the fine folks at Ace for advice in selecting just the right plants for your garden and get planting!
5 Responses
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Bonnie Del Rosal Says:
Love the fall flowers! Thanks for the great advice on choices!
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Ann Payne Price Says:
Takes my breath away. I LOVE flowers. Great photography.
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Velda Brotherton Says:
What gorgeous flowers. Pansies do well here all winter usually blooming until deep into January when we can get a cold snap that freezes them off. Thanks so much for sharing the photos. I’m a new follower of your blog, hope you’ll follow mine.
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Melissa Says:
I’m looking your blog up right now, Velda. Thanks for commenting and following!
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