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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nEasy Fall Flower Bed Ideas: What to Plant<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMost summer annuals die back during the cold weather or cannot sustain flowering. Impatiens, a favorite summer bedding plant in many gardens, dislikes cold weather and turns yellow and straggly during cooler temperatures until finally dying during a frost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, several flowers will thrive in your fall flower bed.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- Pansies:<\/strong> Pansies aren\u2019t just for the spring. They love cool weather and can tolerate temperatures at night near freezing. Just don\u2019t let them get completely frozen, and they\u2019ll do just fine. You can find pansies in many garden centers during the fall months or start them from seed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Chrysanthemums:<\/strong> Mums of all types<\/a> look great in the fall flower bed. Look for short, pincushion mums for edging plants, and consider adding some perennial mums to dot the landscape for yearly color in the fall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ornamental cabbage and kale<\/strong>: Although technically not flowers, these colorful autumn plants add shots of brilliant purple, pale lime green and other colors, as well as interesting texture contrasts from their crinkly foliage, to the fall flower bed. You can use them as accents or even window box plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Spring Flowers? Yes, They Love Cool Weather!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Several other spring and summer flowers will survive cooler temperatures. If you already have these in your garden, leave them the garden until a hard frost kills them back. Then, clean them up so that the dead plants won\u2019t spread diseases in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Petunias<\/strong>: Petunias actually like cooler temperatures especially cool evening temperatures. You may find that petunias actually revive during September and October thanks to the warm days and cool evenings. Keep them well-watered until the first hard frost of the season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Geraniums<\/strong>: Like petunias, geraniums can tolerate some evening chills, but probably nothing colder than 50 degrees F at night. Cover up containers or bring pots inside if a temporary cold snap threatens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Marigolds<\/strong>: Although considered a hot weather plant, I\u2019ve had marigolds bloom here in Virginia right until November. As long as a truly hard, long-lasting frost doesn\u2019t descent on the garden, marigolds will continue blooming for as long as they can. Don\u2019t forget to harvest their seeds, which are easy to pick and store once the seed pods turn brown and dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Simple Fall Garden Bed Ideas and Designs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve put together three simple designs for fall garden beds. The first is a window box design, the second a planter, and the third, a flower bed. For each design, all you need are pansies, mums and ornamental cabbage. Choose any colors that you like, but keep in mind that grouping similar colors together produces a calming, harmonizing effect, while including a kaleidoscope of colors creates an informal effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this first design, a window box idea, you simply use one large mum in the center as a focal point. Plant two pansies on either side of it. I like to plant one closer to the front edge of the box and one a little behind so that it doesn\u2019t look like a line of soldiers marching on ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nFor the garden bed design, I\u2019ve grouped three large mums in a line near the rear. Then, I\u2019ve used ornamental cabbage planted in a slight V shape around the mums to bring more color and texture into the garden bed. Lastly, I\u2019ve filled in the open areas with pansies – lots of pansies. Feel free to plant more than I\u2019ve indicated if you love pansies as much as I do!<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nNow your garden is ready for the fall and to greet trick or treaters for Halloween <\/a>and guests for Thanksgiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou May Also Like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Pansies:<\/strong> Pansies aren\u2019t just for the spring. They love cool weather and can tolerate temperatures at night near freezing. Just don\u2019t let them get completely frozen, and they\u2019ll do just fine. You can find pansies in many garden centers during the fall months or start them from seed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Chrysanthemums:<\/strong> Mums of all types<\/a> look great in the fall flower bed. Look for short, pincushion mums for edging plants, and consider adding some perennial mums to dot the landscape for yearly color in the fall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ornamental cabbage and kale<\/strong>: Although technically not flowers, these colorful autumn plants add shots of brilliant purple, pale lime green and other colors, as well as interesting texture contrasts from their crinkly foliage, to the fall flower bed. You can use them as accents or even window box plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Spring Flowers? Yes, They Love Cool Weather!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Several other spring and summer flowers will survive cooler temperatures. If you already have these in your garden, leave them the garden until a hard frost kills them back. Then, clean them up so that the dead plants won\u2019t spread diseases in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Petunias<\/strong>: Petunias actually like cooler temperatures especially cool evening temperatures. You may find that petunias actually revive during September and October thanks to the warm days and cool evenings. Keep them well-watered until the first hard frost of the season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Geraniums<\/strong>: Like petunias, geraniums can tolerate some evening chills, but probably nothing colder than 50 degrees F at night. Cover up containers or bring pots inside if a temporary cold snap threatens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Marigolds<\/strong>: Although considered a hot weather plant, I\u2019ve had marigolds bloom here in Virginia right until November. As long as a truly hard, long-lasting frost doesn\u2019t descent on the garden, marigolds will continue blooming for as long as they can. Don\u2019t forget to harvest their seeds, which are easy to pick and store once the seed pods turn brown and dry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Simple Fall Garden Bed Ideas and Designs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve put together three simple designs for fall garden beds. The first is a window box design, the second a planter, and the third, a flower bed. For each design, all you need are pansies, mums and ornamental cabbage. Choose any colors that you like, but keep in mind that grouping similar colors together produces a calming, harmonizing effect, while including a kaleidoscope of colors creates an informal effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this first design, a window box idea, you simply use one large mum in the center as a focal point. Plant two pansies on either side of it. I like to plant one closer to the front edge of the box and one a little behind so that it doesn\u2019t look like a line of soldiers marching on ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nFor the garden bed design, I\u2019ve grouped three large mums in a line near the rear. Then, I\u2019ve used ornamental cabbage planted in a slight V shape around the mums to bring more color and texture into the garden bed. Lastly, I\u2019ve filled in the open areas with pansies – lots of pansies. Feel free to plant more than I\u2019ve indicated if you love pansies as much as I do!<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nNow your garden is ready for the fall and to greet trick or treaters for Halloween <\/a>and guests for Thanksgiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You May Also Like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Fall Vegetable Gardens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Window Box Designs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Geraniums<\/strong>: Like petunias, geraniums can tolerate some evening chills, but probably nothing colder than 50 degrees F at night. Cover up containers or bring pots inside if a temporary cold snap threatens.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Chrysanthemums:<\/strong> Mums of all types<\/a> look great in the fall flower bed. Look for short, pincushion mums for edging plants, and consider adding some perennial mums to dot the landscape for yearly color in the fall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n