Hanging plant for fall

To bring the most glory to the fall season, the warm shades of autumn burst in the abundant blooms of mums in orange, yellow, bronze, and red.

A compliment to any fall or harvest celebration, mums bring it all home, stopping the show solo or in an ensemble in hanging baskets.

Trailing varieties of mums are called Skyfall which naturally cascade out of hanging planters.

To make the most of your mums in hanging baskets, check out Deadheading Mums + More Tips to Make Chrysanthemums Last Longer.

5. Snapdragon

Perhaps a cold-weather holdout, this stunning annual continues to deliver exciting color. Snapdragons come in all shades, many complementary to the rich harvest colors of autumn.

In hanging baskets, snapdragons are on the tall side. When pinched earlier in the summer they will be bushier with abundant unique blooms.

Pop some snapdragons into a hanging basket that may need a late-season rescue with other annuals that take a chill with grace, such as petunias and bacopa.

6. Verbena

Frosty cool temperatures augment the delicious spicy citrus aroma of the beautiful, trailing verbena plants that continue to bloom even at 15° F.

Growing in zones 5 to 11, verbena range in colors from whites, dark purples, deep pinks, blues, and robust reds.

Spilling and filling, verbena have a long bloom season, and their trailing habit compliments a stunning fall hanging basket while enchanting the chilled air with an enticing aroma.

7. Ornamental Cabbage and Kale

With foliage so pretty it looks like its blooming, ornamental cabbage and kale steal the show with their contrasting reds, purples, pinks, greens, creams, and whites.

The strapping tough leaves glide through fall delivering deeper colors as the temperature drops, even below 5° F.

From frilly flamboyant foliage to sturdy striking spiky leaves. The uses for ornamental cabbages and kales in a fall hanging basket are unusual and eye-catching.

8. Pansies

A sure-fire mood lifter in the contemplative autumn, pansies’ rich vibrant colors, and bold design bring a smile to any dreary day.

Exceptionally perfect for fall hanging baskets, pansies prefer moist rich soil in zones 6 to 9 and thrive in cool weather.

Pansies play well with others, bringing out the best of ornamental grasses, cabbage, kale, and foliage plants. They have a ton of varieties, colors, and sizes to choose from.

9. Million Bells

This easy plant breezes through summer overflowing with abundant single or double mini-petunia-like blooms well into fall.

The spectrum of colors is vast for the well-named million bells, hardy in zones 9 to 11. Available in many autumn-inspired shades of bronze, orange, magenta, and purple.

Overflowing, mounding, and spilling, Calibrachoa is incredibly showy stuffed in fall hanging baskets.

10. Ivy

Gorgeous any time of year, but Ivy works its magic weaving summer into fall and holds its own carrying any fall-inspired hanging basket right into winter.

Thick, glossy leaves are solid or variegated and may be oval, arrowhead, palmate, to maple-like depending on the cultivar, with many Ivy varieties hardy in zones 4 to 9.

So useful, Ivy not only cascades but this sturdy vine can also be trained upward as well. Making it perfect for fall hanging baskets that are welcome indoors in poor weather.

Final Takeaway

Stunning fall hanging baskets help to elevate fall celebrations with long-lasting durability and gorgeous rich tones and textures to embellish the best this season has to offer.

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Hanging Baskets - Oregon Wire

One of the best hanging wire baskets we’ve come across is Oregon Wire’s Premium Hanging Basket. The Premium Baskets’ thicker gauge wire makes it sturdy for years of use and able to withstand the weight that comes when filled to the brim with soil and flowers. Its ridged hanger is also a noteworthy feature, making hanging your basket much simpler than the common chain hanger.

The Premium Basket comes in a range of sizes: 12”, 14”, 16”, 18”, 20” and 24.” For our fall hanging basket project, we used the 16” in black.

It’s difficult to find fall varieties of cascading flowers for hanging baskets, but ornamental sweet potato is an excellent option. Ornamental sweet potato is a close relative to the common sweet potato; but instead of producing vegetables they’re bred for colorful foliage. Ornamental sweet potato can vary in color from light green, to a deep purple with magenta stem. For fall hanging baskets, we prefer the rich hue of the darker variety.

Ornamental sweet potato is considered an annual and will die off with low temperatures. You can extend the life of your plant by bringing it inside when outside temperatures reach the low 50’s. Return the plant outside in spring after the final frost.

Plant Care: Partial to full sunlight. Water once to twice a week.

Don’t let the delicate looks of the dianthus fool you; this hardy plant can withstand low temperatures, making it a great addition to your fall hanging basket. Dianthus come in a variety of colors, including pink, red, purple, white, yellow and salmon. Their unique blue-grey foliage provides a beautiful backdrop to the blooms. 

Dianthus can withstand light frosts but will not overwinter in areas which receive continuous hard freezes.

Plant Care: Full Sun, water once to twice a week.

Spice up your fall hanging basket with bright colors of ornamental peppers! Another vegetable bred for visual appeal over taste, the ornamental pepper’s fruit grow straight up above the foliage like a flower. These plants add vibrant yellows, reds and magentas to your outdoor fall décor. On some varieties the fruit and foliage will change color as the season continues, adding an element of surprise!

 As days shorten and temperatures decrease, ornamental pepper growth will slow, and eventually stop. The plants fruit will remain until the first frost. If you’d like to overwinter your ornamental pepper, bring indoors and place near a sunny window.

 Plant Care: Full Sun. Water once to twice weekly.

When September arrives, you’re sure to see chrysanthemums take over your local garden centers.  For abundant blooms of bright colors, the chrysanthemum is one of the showiest, cold hardy flowers available. Chrysanthemums come in a large variety of colors; for fall hanging basket arrangements we gravitate toward the warm harvest colors of yellow, orange, deep red and bronze.

Established chrysanthemums can overwinter outdoors in U.S. Department of Agriculture Hardiness Zones 5 through 9. If you live outside those zones, bring your potted chrysanthemums inside and keep in a cool, well-lit spot.

Plant care: Full sun. Water once or twice a week.

Thriving on cool weather to sharpen its blooms, the snapdragon makes a showy addition to your fall hanging basket. Though we chose a soft salmon color to pair with our harvest hues, snapdragons come in pretty much every color (except blue). When planting, place your snapdragon near the rear or center of your hanging basket, as they grow quite tall. Looking for cascading flowers for hanging baskets? Snapdragons come in trailing varieties, ask your local garden center if they stock Asarina procumbens.

Snapdragons last well into October in most areas, thriving with nighttime temperatures in the 40’s and daytime temperatures in the 60’s.

Plant Care: Full sun to partial shade. Water twice a week.

Ornamental cabbage and kale are similar to what you’d find in a vegetable garden, but are bred for texture and color instead of flavor. Their layers of ruffled leaves transition from deep greens to purples, pinks and even white near the center. Their rich jewel tones sharpen with cool temperatures, making them a gorgeous fall plant for hanging baskets.

Because ornamental cabbage and kale can withstand temperatures below freezing, it’s common for them to last through winter in most U.S. Hardiness zones.

Plant Care: Full Sun. Water when the first inch of soil becomes dry.

What dusty miller lacks in blooms, it makes up for in texture, pattern and color. It’s silvery leaves and intricate foliage look as though it’s covered by a layer of frost; a perfect welcome to the cooler season. Pairing dusty miller with a showier plant in your hanging basket arrangement is a great way to add contrast and interest.

Dusty miller can tolerate frost and even survive winters in USDA plant hardiness zones 8-10.

Plant Care: Full sun. Water once a week.

A cold weather favorite of many gardeners, the pansy is an excellent choice to add a pop of color in Fall. Pansies include a large range of bold colors and patterns; try pairing them against less showy plants, like dusty miller and ornamental kale, to increase texture and interest in your arrangement.

Pansies can survive in temperatures well below freezing, making them a perennial in most U.S Hardiness zones.

Plant Care: Part sun. Water 2 to 3 times a week.

Considering that hanging basket arrangements may be relocated to sheltered areas outdoors, thus enjoying a micro-climate of winter sun and wind protection, the colors of summer may not be over.  Try several combinations from Oregon Wire suggested above – and see how long you can make it last!

Autumn flowers for a container garden. Name. Photo — Botanichka

When autumn comes into its own, the garden is changing every day. A bright parade of shrubs and trees and the rapid withering of plants, which until recently seemed to be the center of everyone's attention, are changing the appearance of not only garden panoramas. On the terrace, in the relaxation area, on the balconies, in small and large potted gardens, the first cold snap leads to the irreversible loss of the best flowering stars. Empty places in street flowerpots are reminiscent of a bygone summer. But there are plants that will have time to fill in the gaps and once again paint your favorite flower girls with bright colors.

Contents:

• Fall Flowers Save Empty Flower Girls
• Traditional autumn stars for outdoor flowerpots
• Outdoor perennials in autumn container arrangements
• Practical nuances of the autumn transformation of street flowerpots

Autumn flowers as a rescue for empty flower girls

Autumn for all kinds of potted, container and hanging arrangements is considered to be far from the most stellar season. It can be sad to watch the gradual departure from the garden scene of your favorite mobile compositions and bright spots. But it is not at all necessary to be inactive: as for any other season, nature has its own colors for autumn. Plants that can decorate outdoor flowerpots and flower girls at the end of the garden season may not boast of quantity, but they are irreplaceable and unique in their own way.

The assortment of autumn plants is often overlooked, considering them uninteresting. After all, it’s not without reason that it is flyers who rule the ball in flower girls and flowerpots. Only a few of the most persistent species, pleasing all summer with relentless flowering, with the advent of cold weather and heavy rainfall, continue to amuse with their beauty, and only a few are able to cope with the first frosts. But almost always, summer plants, even those that continue to bloom, inevitably lose their attractiveness - they turn pale, dry, slowly fade, fighting for every ray of gentle autumn sun.

Autumn stars appear on the shelves of flower shops and garden centers as early as the end of summer, but they make themselves especially clear only at the time of mass wilting of the annuals. Their seemingly not so catchy beauty appears against the backdrop of nature preparing for winter in a completely new light. Autumn stars are crops that rely on bright autumn colors, the best plants that bloom when daylight begins to wane, and selected decorative leafy beauties.

Gold, copper, silver, crimson, fiery blaze - these are the dominant colors of those plants that will gladly save the appearance of potted gardens and large flower girls. And the colors of precious metals, beautiful textures, patterns and lace among them are much more common than bright colors.

Traditional autumn stars for outdoor flowerpots

The brightest container stars of autumn are still flowering plants – those species that transform flower beds and stalls with their cushion-like bushes. Chrysanthemums, asters, echinacea, rudbeckia - these are just a few candidates for vacant places in outdoor flowerpots.

Seasonal favorites chrysanthemums and asters do not even have to be planted in the containers themselves - they can simply be placed in empty containers or nearby, additionally decorated. Dazzling lemon, golden, crimson, pink, white, lilac, cherry - everyone can choose the colors of these stars to their liking. They will hold on to the last chance to stay in the garden and will delight you with unprecedented bright colors.

Winter violets are becoming more and more popular with us - special varieties of tricolor, alpine, horned violets with miniature flowers that appear on sale along with chrysanthemums with miniature flowers, the beauty of which cannot be looked away.

Among purely seasonal plants - annuals and biennials - ornamental sunflowers and ornamental varieties of cabbage remain absolute favorites. They are good in open soil, but they cannot be found in potted form. Just one rosette of bright cabbage can replace several flyers. And by planting them in a checkerboard pattern, you can create an amazing patterned composition that is not even afraid of the beginning of winter in a large stone flower bed.

A unique charm in autumn will be added to street flowerpots by moonflower, as well as Californian escholcia that can withstand light frosts, snapdragons, morning glory, sweet potato, coleus, multi-leaved nasturtium, amaranth, oxalis and marigolds that are not afraid of frost down to -5 ° C. Parsley and dill greens look unexpectedly fresh in street flowerpots, which will not lose their beauty even after the first frosts come.

In autumn, plants come to the fore, which many underestimate as a candidate for decorating flower girls - representatives of heathers. Their season starts only in September, when on the shelves in small pots all the shades of noble purple dazzle surprisingly graceful, hardy and such textural Erics and heathers with their elegant bushes.

In outdoor flowerpots they look amazingly beautiful and will replace the fading petunias and their co. with their strict northern beauty, as if anticipating the imminent arrival of winter and adding Scandinavian charm to the compositions.

Outdoor perennials in autumn container compositions

The list of seasonal additions for outdoor flowerpots is not limited to the classics. Many garden perennials, especially if they are separated in the fall, will gladly settle in an outdoor flowerpot - even if only temporarily.

You can introduce such elegant bushes into the compositions : veronica-hebe; ayania pacific; lemon thyme; loosestrife; saxifrage; cumin; bastard; sage; milkweed; sedum; loosestrife monet; geyher and geyherella; yasnotok; bergenia; lofant; young; hypericum; orostachis; polynya; survivors; cleaner; sedges, ounces, calamus, penisetum, fescue and other bright ornamental grasses that transform in autumn.

Do not forget about those plants that please with autumn flowering in the meadows and flower beds in the garden. The dazzling blue of gentians, graceful cyclamen bushes and touching inflorescences of autumn crocuses are good not only in flower beds. Plants that have been transferred to pots in time or planted with other perennials in outdoor flowerpots will seem like the exclusive stars of the autumn garden.

Miniature and clipped shrubs and woody shrubs are always appropriate in outdoor flowerpots in autumn. Small boxwood, holly, ornamental peppers, wintergreen, calocephalus, Japanese skimmia, hydrangeas, rhododendrons, dwarf pine or spruce, young yew or thuja, which will add to the collection of tub accents, can be moved and rearranged, changing their role. Many tub plants are planted in tubs and bought just in the fall, and can be used as temporary accents in potted arrangements.

But if you are looking for an evergreen plant that will decorate outdoor flowerpots even when the garden is already shackled by the breath of winter, then it's time to remember the unique talents of ivy. Their luxurious leaves and flexible shoots are able to bring absolutely inimitable elegant accents to any potted and container composition. And even under the snow, the classic beauty of these garden all-rounders will not lose its meaning.

Practical nuances of autumn transformation of outdoor flowerpots

There are rules in filling outdoor flowerpots with new autumn plants, especially if the former inhabitants are gone: compositions are made in such a way as to achieve the greatest variety of shapes and textures. The color scheme can remain harmonious, but the plants should stand out brightly from their neighbors.

Enhance the beauty of autumn stars in potted gardens and arrangements in flower beds with additional decor. A woodpile, bright dry leaves instead of mulch, an old basket filled with apples, brightly colored pumpkins, colorful fabrics tied to containers, a scattering of cones or nuts, dry bouquets or sheaves of hay, candles, lanterns - little tricks that will add autumn charm to your garden and emphasize beauty of selected plants.

To make autumn arrangements in outdoor flowerpots pleasing before winter comes, it is worth taking care of plants. In case of unexpected severe freezing, it is better to have stocked materials for temporary shelter on hand. Simple coasters to keep the containers from coming into contact with cold paving, a smart "fur coat" around the flower girl and a high layer of mulch will help prolong the season and warm the containers.

Hanging gardens: 10 unpretentious hanging plants

1. Asplenium nest or Kostenets

Kostenets has unusual green petals with a wavy edge. It can grow anywhere, but it's best to keep it out of direct sunlight and water it once a week.

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2. Tillandsia

If you love exotic plants, Tillandsia will definitely appeal to you. They can be easily hung up, they are unpretentious in care, because they do not require soil and a lot of water.

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3. Common ivy

Ivy is perhaps the most famous hanging plant that can easily freshen up any interior. To keep it evergreen and grow more, don't forget to spray it with water every week, and keep a close eye on moisture levels in winter.

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This type of hanging plant thrives in humid environments, so the bathroom is the perfect place for it.

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5. Epipremnum aureus

This climbing plant is ideal for hanging in a pot or basket. Find him a medium to low lit corner with indirect light, water once every 1-2 weeks, and he will delight the eye with his beautiful vines for a long time.

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6. Eucalyptus

Make your home cozy with the fresh smell of eucalyptus. You can hang the stems from thin wooden branches in the bedroom or bathroom, as in the photo below.

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7. Tillandsia xerographic

This amazing ornamental plant is beautiful in itself. It grows without support, so it is enough to hang it on a twine or ribbon and soak it in water once a week. Everyone seems to know the Philodendron. Its heart-shaped leaves and docile nature make it an ideal houseplant. It requires medium to low indirect light and watering every 1-2 weeks.

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