What To Plant In The Fall: 5+ Best Flowers For A Beautiful Garden

by John Griffith
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While springtime may hold the crown for the most colorful flowers, this doesn’t mean fall can’t be full of fun gardening activities. Fall flowers are just as beautiful and there is plenty of variety to choose from. Selecting the best fall flowers depends on what your goal is. Do you want full, fall-blooming flowers right now, or do you want some that will be blooming next spring, but need to be planted now? And while picking perennials that can survive the winter is a good option, it’s just as fun to play around with some short-seasoned annual flowers during fall. Today we will be looking at what to plant in the fall when it comes to flowers, both some just for your fall garden and some that can survive through the winter.

Fall flowers are just as beautiful as those in spring 

fall flowers with pumpkins

What To Plant In The Fall

Gardening and creating a beautiful garden takes some work. However, the feeling of seeing beautiful blooming flowers and crops is more than rewarding. We often tend to forget that we can still play around in the garden even during the colder, more gloomy months. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can easily bring some color and happiness into your garden with these fall flowers.

We can still play around in the garden even during the colder months

what to plant in the fall fall garden with different colors

#Chrysanthemums

This is the ultimate fall flower. The Chrysanthemums, or mums for short, come in a variety of rich colors. Not only that but they also come in a variety of shapes from pom-pom forms to quill-like petals. These flowers are cheap and an easy way to bring color into your garden. Place them in bright, but indirect light and make sure to water them consistently throughout the fall season.

The Chrysanthemums, or mums for short, come in a variety of rich colors

what to plant in the fall chrysanthemums pink and purple ones

#Asters

These pretty flowers are late bloomers. They are also really good at attracting pollinators, such as butterflies and bees, so you will be enjoying both the flowers and their guests. Fun fact: this flower can help repel deer from your garden. Asters are a great way for your flower garden to go out with a bang. Their beautiful lilac color is mesmerizing. If you want it to thrive and bloom, make sure to plant this flower in full sun.

Fun fact: this flower can help repel deer from your garden

purple asters flowers with yellow middle

#Balloon Flower

Pink, blue, white, purple. The balloon flower comes in all of these beautiful colors. This flower gets its name from the fact that it can resemble a hot-air balloon before blooming. This flower can do thrive both in partial shade and full sun. It’s a perfect addition to your fall garden as it will bring in bright, vibrant colors you can enjoy even in the gloomy weather.

This flower gets its name from the fact that it can resemble a hot-air balloon before blooming

balloon flower deep blue and purple flower

#Autumn Joy Sedum

This succulent is a beautiful choice for your fall garden. While there are a ton of Sedum types, the autumn variety is famous for its upright form and rich, bright pink flowers that bring joy to the garden from late summer to early fall. This flowers blooms last for weeks, and just like Asters, pollinators love them!

The autumn variety is famous for its upright form and rich, bright pink flowers

what to plant in the fall autumn joy sedum in pink

#Snapdragons

Beautiful and interesting, the Snapdragon comes in a lot of colors and are the perfect flower for fall time, as they are quite cold-hardy. These pretty flowers prefer both full to partial sun and for their soil to be well-drained. These plants also do well in containers, so you can put them in a pot and use them as a centerpiece.

The Snapdragon comes in a lot of colors

pink snapdragons in a field

#Pansies

These delicate, colorful, small flowers are one of the best choice for fall flowers. Pansies really can’t tolerate heat, but they can withstand the cold winters without breaking a sweat. It’s best to plant these flowers at the end of summer, and they will bloom until the first hard frost. And you’ll have a nice, beautiful surprise waiting for you when they pop up again during spring time. These flowers come in a ton of different colors you can enjoy.

It’s best to plant these flowers at the end of summer

what to plant in the fall purple and yellow pansies

These were the best flowers for a beautiful garden if you are wondering what to plant in the fall. We hope you found this article useful. Now you can enjoy a colorful, pretty garden even during the gloomier, fall months.

Now you can enjoy a colorful, pretty garden

pink purple orange yellow flowers in a garden

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John Griffith

John Griffith is a young, passionate journalist. Writing has been John’s hobby ever since he was a boy. He has worked in some of the UK’s most successful news portals over the course of his professional career but found his forever home at Archzine.