A Softer Palette for Fall Flower Beds Mix annuals with late-blooming shrubs and perennials for colorful fall flower borders. Try fall flowers in cool shades
The garden season may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean your borders are done. When you grow long-lasting annuals along with late-blooming shrubs and perennials, color and interest keep going until first frost—even through winter if you leave foliage and seedheads in place.
Fall border palettes are often filled with warm jewel-toned hues — orange, red, purple and burgundy — deep shades that create a rich, moody atmosphere. But the combinations here have a softer feel. Pastel shades, such as peach, lavender, cream and silvery gray green, lighten up the shorter days and provide a mellow ambiance for your patio or seating area. Let’s take a closer look.
Peaches & Cream
When you’re in the market for plants that can tolerate a hot, dry summer and still look good, this grouping is just what you need. The zinnia and St. John’s wort will benefit from a bit of extra water during the hottest part of summer but are drought tolerant once they get established.
Flowering starts to slow down at the end of the growing season, but if you’ve been deadheading the zinnia and salvia, they’ll still have plenty of fresh blooms to keep the garden colorful until frost. There’s no need to snip spent flowers on the St. John’s wort: It forms attractive berries that last through winter if the birds don’t eat them first.
A) Zinnia (Zinnia ‘Eldorado’) Annual; double salmon to apricot blooms from summer to frost; full sun; 30 to 36 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide
B) Salvia (Salvia guaranitica ‘Purple & Bloom’) Tender perennial; large deep purple blooms with black bracts from late spring to
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