Fall Blooming Flowers - Fall Time Superstars

Image from my garden

About My Fall Blooming Flowers

When fall arrives, so do the fall blooming flowers or superstars of the late garden season as I like to call them.

A new trend is about to emerge in the world of gardening...the increasingly popular fall blooming flowers, whether it's annuals or perennials, we gardeners cannot seem to get enough!

Truly, many of my gardener friends are taking to studying and ordering books solely for the purpose of fall planting. We work so hard all spring and summer to produce those splashes of bright, vibrant colours in our gardens, only to have them disappear toward mid September.

Being that I have a country style garden, a real mixture of perennials, annuals and shrubs, let me share with you some of my favorite fall blooming flowers. The blooms listed below will will create weeks of autumn colour for your flowerbed gardens.

Fall Blooming Flowers In My Garden

The plants and shrubs listed below need no special care. Most begin their blooming journey mid to late August, while other reach their peak in September. They are easy to grow and low maintenance. Just plant and enjoy!

This fall blooming flower or Spider FLower as it is sometime called is a definite must have! A annual workhorse in the garden. This new cultivar of Cleome out shines every other. Blooms from spring planting until frost.

This is an annual plant in my zone 3, but will flower 12 months of the year in a warm climate. Read more...

I have finally found a Salvia that seems to be disease resistant. No stem mold, no leaf yellowing, truly a beautiful annual plant.

The Mystic Spires grows taller than most salvias varieties so it makes a great annual for the back to middle border. I have mine planted in the middle of my oval middle garden.

Can you please that the image to the right is just one plant? One plant can produce as many as 18 strong flower stalks.

When I first purchased this daisy the tag indicated that it was a perennial. In fact, it was even once named Perennial Plant of the Year. Everyone flocked to their garden center to buy the Becky Daisy, including me.

Unfortunately, the Becky Daisy is NOT a perennial in my zone 3. However, I just love this plant, so every year I trudge to the garden center and buy at least one.

The Sedum Autumn Joy is probably one of the most popular of the Sedum family. Is there a garden out there that doesn't have at least one of the Autumn Joy planted?

Pictured to the right is the Sedum on the right and annual yellow mums planted next to them and in between is a Rose Glow Barberry Shrub.

While it is not very showy in the summer months, this perennial comes into its own in September through to a hard frost. The colouring is amazing as each tiny bud opens.

I bet I can count 10 to 15 bees hovering on my plants and even competing with the butterflies.

The Black-eyed Susan or Rudbeckia as it is also known by is a perennial listed plant. I treat it as an annual for my flowerbed gardens, as it never survives our winters.

Did you know that the Black eyed Susan is related to the Echinacea perennial plant? This plant holds its colour well into October and can even survive and mild frost.

There are many varieties to choose from and all can be used as border or mid garden plants.

Also known as the Coneflower, in the image to the right the variety is the Echinacea Double Pink Delight.

The droopy blooms, along with the fact that deer do not like this plant is good enough for me. The stems are tall and sturdy and it is rarely bother by pests.

The white Swan Coneflower is not quite as hardy as the Purple Coneflower, and yet mine arrives, albeit slowly, in the spring and then blooms right until a hard frost.

The creamy white petals are quite a contrast with the bright yellow centers. Not as tall as other Coneflowers, the White Swan is definitely a contender for border planting.

If you can find this beautiful daisy-like annual plant, I'd advise you to purchase.

Plant three plants close together and watch them grow into a magnificent shrub! The blooms seem to last forever, just keep deadheading and you will have blooms all the way to a hard frost.

• Scabiosa, light colored perennial
• Russian Sage, soft lavender bloom stalks, perennial
• Marigolds, a garden staple, annual
• Helianthus,bright coloured perennial
• Gazania, bright colored annual
• Gaillardia, vibrant colors, perennial
• Purple Coneflower, softer purple coloring, perennial
• Salvia Black and Blue, deep purple/blue coloring, annual

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