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Mums,
Mums, Mums - Mums are
perfect for brightening any
corner of the yard ... you can't
beat this traditional fall favorite!
We’ve grown 10,000 this
year in 60 varieties. Beautiful,
full mums in 10” and 4”
sizes as well as bowls, tubs
and hanging baskets.
Sedum
‘Autumn Joy’ -
This late-blooming perennial
has bold foliage and pink, changing
to copper-colored flower heads.
Japanese
Anemone - Tall growing
Japanese anemones are a stately
addition to the perennial garden.
Bloom colors range from pure
white to various shades of pink.
Flowers can be single, semi-double
or double. Anemones grow well
in light to moderate shade and
spread quickly to form large
clumps.
Asters
- Another group of fall bloomers
that butterflies love are the
Asters. Asters like plenty of
sun and moist but well drained
soil. There are many colorful
Aster varieties in shades of
pink, purple, blue and white.
Some favorites include tall-growing
Aster ‘Alma Potschke’
with bright pink flowers, blue-flowered
Aster ‘Professor Kippenburg’
and low-growing Aster ‘Purple
Dome’ with its deep purple
blooms.
Pansies
- Pansies give us many months
of color when other flowers
have faded. Beds, borders, containers,
and hanging baskets - dress
them all for fall with cheerful
Pansy faces. What's more, Pansies
can often be successfully overwintered
to rebloom again in the Spring!
Ornamental
Cabbage & Kale -
Red, purple, pink or white leaf
coloration of these plants intensifies
as the weather gets colder.
Try smooth-leaved cabbage or
frilly kale for months of color
in beds, borders and containers.
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Pumpkins
in all sizes
Corn Shocks
Indian Corn
Gourds
Hardy Mums
Pansies
Ornamental Kale & Cabbage
Violas & Johnny Jump Ups
Looking
to add interest to the fall
and winter landscape? This
year, plant ornamental cabbage
and kale for bold textures
and vibrant colors. Unlike
most annuals and perennials,
these plants improve in appearance
after a frost or two with
more intense and brilliant
colors. Identified by a number
of names, such as floral kale,
decorative kale, ornamental-leaved
kale, flowering kale, and
flowering cabbage, ornamental
cabbage and kale belong to
the Brassica oleracca Acephala
group. Offering unlimited
use in the landscape, these
plants have large rosettes
of gray-green foliage richly
variegated with cream, white,
pink, rose, red and purple.
Kale leaves are frilly edged
and sometimes deeply lobed.
Attractive
in borders, grouped in plantings
of three, five or more, or
planted in containers for
the deck or patio, ornamental
cabbage and kale grows to
12-16” high and wide.
Be sure to plant at least
12” apart in full sun
in a moist, well-drained soil.
And, although they are able
to withstand light frosts
and snowfalls, they will typically
not survive hard freezes.
They are usually attractive
in the garden until Thanksgiving
or later. Hint – when
the plants smell like cooked
cabbage, it is time to pull
them out!
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