When it comes to fall plants, there is no shortage of awesomeness. Check out a few of our favorites!
All hail the mighty croton!
The thriller in this arrangement is one of our favorites for fall - THE CROTON! You can find these tropical plant beauties in the greenhouse section of big box hardware stores or local garden centers. We love using this plant in the summer too, but the colors in the croton just scream fall, especially if the leaves have a little red in them like the plant in this picture. They will do well outside until the first freeze and then bye-bye croton. If you are super industrious, you could always dig it up, repot it and bring it inside to enjoy all winter as a house plant and then bring it outside again in the spring. That's what we call getting our money's worth out of a plant.
The croton looks amazing with yellow, orange and / or red flowers such as pansies or mums. Try adding a few orange pie pumpkins to bring out the warm colors of the croton.
Ornamental cabbage and kale
One of our favorite plants in a fall container garden is ornamental cabbage or kale. We adore the ruffled texture in its broad leaves and use it in almost all of our fall plantings as a filler. There are so many different varieties and colors of cabbage and kale and all are perfect to use in your outdoor fall planters. Ornamental cabbage and kale are very hardy and can withstand a light freeze.
Ornamental grasses
We use grasses as "thrillers" quite a bit in our summer and fall planters. We love their toughness! They are drought tolerant and thrive in the hot afternoon sun and high temperatures. Dwarf fountain grass is pictured here as the "thrillers" in these planters. We love the wispy plumes - very fall-ish. Other favorite grasses are purple fountain grass or maiden grass.
Celosia
We adore the seussical look of the celosia! Plume celosia has soft feathery flowers in red, orange, yellow, pink and purple. In this arrangement we used a gorgeous purple celosia and paired it with a croton, mum, ornamental pepper and moneywort.
Ornamental Peppers
These are fun plants to pop in a container! Ornamental peppers come in shades of red, purple, yellow, orange, black or white. It's interesting to watch the peppers change colors as they ripen, so you may see several different colors on the same plant.
