Now that the Labor Day holiday is behind us and the children are settled back in school, it’s finally time to transition to an autumnal color palate. Adding colorful plants in fall gardens and containers is a fun and easy way to add dramatic impact with just some small changes! Awesome colorful plants in fall gardens do not have to start with mums or end with pumpkins anymore.

Colorful plants in fall gardens and containers can certainty pack a punch!

Start by pulling the petunias and planting ornamental peppers, or you can go even further by adding cabbage, kale, pansies and celosia. These colorful plants in fall will give you awesome results! Did you know that pansies planted in the fall will generally last through next spring and sometimes peppers and celosia will reseed generating plants the following year?

Colorful plants in fall gardens get a new lease on life when adding perennials.

Consider adding fresh perennial plants to add dimension, texture and colorful plants in fall gardens and containers. Trending in fall containers would be combining annuals, perennials and even shrubs, talk about a showstopper! Many perennials have extremely long lasting interest, so you may want to try something new and pass on the mums to get real WOW factor.

Colorful plants in fall gardens in Chester County and Montgomery County have an added bonus.

Did you know that many fall plants attract Butterflies to your autumnal garden? Rest assured that colorful plantings in fall gardens almost guarantees many happy sightings. Amongst the plants that provide us with colorful blooms and foliage through fall are the milkweed and Butterfly milkweed plants. These plants will ensure that Butterflies will thrive in your colorful fall garden. Many plants that attract Butterflies also attract hummingbirds and other wildlife. For more information on Monarch Butterflies and the importance of milkweed plants in your garden.

For easy reference, colorful plants in fall in Chester County and Montgomery County, PA can be broken down to two types. Ask yourself, is my fall garden in the sun or is it in a shady area? Here are some of Becky’s suggestions for a colorful fall garden whether your garden is sunny or shady.

Perennial fall favorites for the sun garden include: Agastache, Amsonia, Artemesia, Aster, Caryopteris, Coreopsis, Euphorbia, Gaura, Hakonechloa and other grasses, Heuchera, Nepeta, Rudbeckia, Silphium, Solidago and Yucca.

Perennial fall favorites for the shade garden include: Brunnera, Epimedium, Hellebores, Heucherella, Mukdenia, Polemonium, Pulmonaria and assorted ferns.”