Blooming blooms for November: discovering what's in full bloom and adding beauty to your garden this month
Autumn is a beautiful season for gardening, and there are numerous plants that can bring a burst of colour and fragrance to your garden or containers. Here are some suggestions for autumn-loving plants that will add vibrant hues and structure to your garden.
Marigolds, with their bright yellow, orange, and red blooms, are easy to grow and help deter pests. They are perfect for adding a pop of colour to your autumn garden. Sedum 'Autumn Joy', a drought-tolerant plant, thrives in full sun and has a long-lasting bloom that attracts pollinators in late season.
For edible and fragrant additions, consider herbs like rosemary (arp rosemary), chives, dill, parsley, sage, lemon thyme, and calamint. These herbs not only bring beauty to your garden but also utility, with their edible leaves and fragrant aromas.
If you're looking for vivid fall colours and structure, some beautiful plants to consider are asters, mums, pansies, violas, calendula, snapdragons, rudbeckia, and ornamental grasses. These plants will provide a stunning display of autumn colours and add texture to your garden.
Fuchsia 'Blacky' is another plant that will add a touch of elegance to your garden. With its very large, dark, black-purple and purplish-red flowers, it will flower non-stop from summer to late autumn, provided temperatures remain above freezing.
Deyeuxia effusiflora is an eye-catching grass that stands out as a solitary beauty in the middle of a border or in a prairie-style planting. Its soft, purple glow makes it a unique addition to your autumn garden.
Rosa 'Geranium' is a robust and disease-resistant plant with large, delicately fragrant, bright-red blooms in summer that are followed by attention-grabbing red hips in autumn.
Astilbe 'Beauty of Ernst' has a wide colour spectrum that ranges from green and purple to gold, orange, and deep red in autumn. Its feathery foliage adds texture to your garden, making it a perfect choice for autumn planting.
Acaena microphylla 'Kupferteppich' is a plant with copper-colored foliage that comes into its own in autumn and winter. Its unique foliage adds a touch of warmth to your garden during the cooler months.
Nicandra physalodes 'Black Pod' has bell-shaped flowers that are pale blue to violet with some white, and long-lasting black-spotted seedpods. Its flowers add a touch of mystery to your autumn garden.
Plectranthus argentatus is a plant with blue spikes that stand out beautifully against the silver-grey leaves. It provides a cooling contrast to more intense colours, making it a wonderful plant for a hot border.
Clematis 'Polish Spirit' has medium-sized, dark-violet flowers that contrast nicely with the fresh-green leaves and has a rich and long flowering period. Its flowers add a touch of elegance to your autumn garden.
Sorbus pseudohupehensis 'Pink Pagoda' is a tree that has beautiful, feathered, blue-green leaves that turn a glorious rich red in autumn. Its stunning autumn foliage makes it a perfect centrepiece for your garden.
Galactites tomentosa has stunning crisp, white-and-green variegated foliage in autumn and winter. Its unique foliage adds a touch of elegance to your garden during the cooler months.
Saxifraga 'Shiranami' has abundant, pure-white, double flowers that froth above slightly hairy, apple-green leaves on short stems. Its flowers add a touch of elegance to your autumn garden.
Colletia paradoxa has small, white flowers with a sweet scent in late autumn and winter, and modified triangular stems that appear as leaves. Its flowers add a touch of mystery to your garden during the cooler months.
Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' flowers late, producing clusters of bright-purple to purple-pink flowers from September to November. Its flowers add a touch of elegance to your autumn garden.
Miscanthus nepalensis is a grass species that achieves a height of around 1.5m and has plumes that sway in the breeze during November. Its plumes add a touch of movement to your autumn garden.
Euonymus hamiltonianus subsp. sieboldianus 'Coral Charm' is a deciduous, tree-like Euonymus with tremendous autumn color and coral-pink fruits with orange-red seeds that persist well into winter. Its fruits add a touch of warmth to your garden during the cooler months.
Acer griseum has a translucent quality in late autumn and winter due to its papery, peeling bark. Its bark adds a touch of interest to your garden during the cooler months.
Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' is a compact cherry tree with flame-like autumn foliage. Its foliage adds a touch of warmth to your garden during the cooler months.
These plants generally prefer well-draining soil and full sun to thrive in autumn conditions. Many are also frost-tolerant or can handle light frosts, extending their garden presence into late fall. Enjoy the beauty of autumn gardening with these stunning plants!
- Marigolds, asters, chrysanthemums, pansies, violas, calendula, and ornamental grasses, with their vibrant colors and shapes, significantly enhance the landscape and add a burst of hues to your home-and-garden during autumn.
- For a refreshing centerpiece in your autumn garden, consider planting Rosa 'Geranium' with its delicately fragrant, bright-red blooms and attention-grabbing red hips.
- To add an element of mystery to your autumn garden, consider Nicandra physalodes 'Black Pod' with its pale blue to violet bell-shaped flowers and long-lasting black-spotted seedpods. These plants are perfect additions to a lifestyle that cherishes the beauty of home-and-garden, particularly during the autumn season.
