Container gardening is a great way to add fall color as your flowers are winding down. Find some interesting containers to place in your garden, on the porch, near the mailbox or on either side of your garage. An old bird bath, bucket, beach pail, or flea market find is fun to use. Think beyond traditional fall color schemes and plants and use texture and even perennials to liven up a container! Use herbs such as rosemary and sage; vegetables like kale, swiss chard, spinach and hot peppers. Plant a container with red coral bells, ajuga, and sedge grass. You can plant the perennials in your garden before it gets too cold. Save yourself planting these twice by simply “planting” them in their nursery pots inside your decorative containers. Plant fall favorites such as mums, asters, pansies, flowering kales and tall colorful ornamental grasses in the traditional autumn colors of orange, gold and yellow or mix it up with pink, purple and light green plants. Have fun and enjoy something different as the gardening season draws to a close.
Autumn clematis, mums, perennial grasses, ivy and kale combine for a textural, colorful Fall Container grouping. Courtesy of Mill Gardens, Orford NH
Try interesting mixes of containers, textures and colors. Amp it up with gourds and pumpkins. Courtesy of Mill Gardens, Orford NH
Don’t be afraid to add height to your Fall Containers - grasses add an airy feel and lead the eye upward. Courtesy of Mill Gardens, Orford, NH