Fall is here and that means care for your lawn and garden will differ greatly from the spring and summer months. As colder temperatures roll in, it may be time to start prioritizing other gardening tasks and stop others like mowing your lawn.
17.09.2024 - 08:14 / balconygardenweb.com / Editorial Team
While most fade as fall ends, we handpick hardy flowers that blossom and fill your winter garden with mesmerizing hues even as the mercury drops to freezing levels! With some autumn planting, your garden will enjoy beautiful blooms from fall through winter. So don’t wait; grab your tools and get digging!
Botanical Name: Camellia spp.
USDA Zones: 6-9
These species have airy single or semi-double flowers in shades of white, pink, rose, and red. Camellias flower heavily from early fall to mid-winter and produce a sweet scent upon blossoming. It’s also important to note that autumn is the best to plant it in the garden!
Perfect in containers, these flowers bloom best in dappled shade and thrive in slightly acidic soil enriched by organic mediums like peat-free compost. Varieties like Camellia sasanqua tolerate full sun once roots develop.
Botanical Name: Chrysanthemum indicum
USDA Zones: 5-10
Chrysanthemums are famous for their vivacious colors and dainty flower heads, comprising several tiny florets in warm, fiery hues. But the best part is that mums bloom from fall to winter, thriving in the cold when most others fade!
They do well in full sun on fertile, well-draining soil. If your mums are in the ground as frost arrives, heavily mulch to insulate the soil or bring them indoors to help them survive extreme cold.
Botanical Name: Cyclamen
USDA Zones: 4-11
Cyclamen is a hardy species with green, silver, or patterned leaves. Its blooms are mainly mauve with five upswept petals. The showy flowers and pretty foliage make it a great plant to brighten garden beds and containers from fall through winter.
While several varieties must be brought indoors during frost, some, like C. cilicium and C.coum, are very frost-hardy. A flush of pink,
Fall is here and that means care for your lawn and garden will differ greatly from the spring and summer months. As colder temperatures roll in, it may be time to start prioritizing other gardening tasks and stop others like mowing your lawn.
Jade plant (Crassula ovata) is a subtropical evergreen succulent with rounded, fleshy leaves and all the makings of an excellent houseplant. As the weather dips, it starts heading for dormancy and has different needs for the changing season. We show you how to care for a jade plant in the fall.
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As fall rolls in, your garden may begin shimmering with bronze and red autumn leaves—a sight to behold! Instead of raking them away, why not put these fallen leaves to good use in September? Let’s explore.
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