18+ Best Flowers to Plant in Fall for Your Garden

by Becky Decker and Anita Shan · July 24, 2024

With summer comes the time for beautiful blooming flowers, shrubs, and plants. I used to think it was not possible to grow flowers in the fall, because hydrangea blooms wouldn’t last forever. But I was proven wrong; you can enjoy different colors of flowers in the garden throughout the seasons.

In this article, I’ve explained various flowers with different shades, like fiery reds, oranges, deep yellows, greens, rich purples, and browns. Read on to discover the latest flowers for late in the season, along with descriptions of when to plant them and the USDA’s plant hardiness zones. After reading, you can select the appropriate varieties for the climate you live in.

Best flowers to plant in fall for your garden

The cooler temperatures make autumn ideal for planting spring-blooming bulbs and some perennial shrubs. Planting them at the correct time in autumn will ensure that new plants have some time before the frosts begin to develop roots and establish themselves before winter. In spring, you’ll already have a head start in your garden when autumn-sown bulbs, like crocuses, begin to bloom.

Fall is here and this doesn’t mean that we should keep our Garden bare but during fall we should cultivate one of the most popular fall-blooming flowers as they look very awesome and beautiful when they are blooming in the garden in the season of fall.

At the time of fall, you can bloom many fall flowers as these flowers add joy and happiness to your garden and even once the temperature begins to cool off then it is a time for the plants as they love cool weather.

Even when these flowers are blooming they become the center of attraction in everybody’s eyes as these different flowers look very different and beautiful at the time of fall.

Here Are Some Steps That You Must Consider For Your Garden:

Spring has gone, but that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to pay attention to your garden and even its watery needs as fall also brings some hotness and even dry days that are very hard and hard on many plants.

Plants need enough water for growth and even for their nourishment so the Gardener should give enough type of water to all the flowers and don’t leave the container of the plant dry as they will dry up in the ground.

You should keep in mind that plants also have their basic needs as they also need nourishment for growth and even at the time of fall plants need much more care as compared to other seasons.

Here are a few Flowers that you can grow in the time of fall for your garden:

Gomphrena:

These flowers are very pretty and even they are known as globe Amaranth.
Gomphrena blooms in early summer and even these flowers attract many butterflies as well as insects. Gomphrena grows in the zone of 9 to 11.

18+ Best Flowers to Plant in Fall for Your Garden

Petunias:

Petunias grow at the zone of 9 to 11 and these flowers grow at the time of fall.
You can even grow this flower in a basket or any other container.
These flowers need or love full sun and even they need consistent moisture.

Autumn Sage:

This Autumn sage is one of the best fall blooms for the rocky soil and even this plant loves full sun and even it can also tolerate the afternoon shade.
These flowers grow in the zone of 7 to 9.

Goldenrod:

These plants are bright yellow in color and the flowers look Perfect when they are grown in the garden.
These flowers bloom as a North American perennial wildflower that attracts many bees and even these flowers bloom from late August to early October.
These flowers are taller as compared to other flowers. Even these flowers grow in the zone of 2 to 8.

Sweet Alyssum:

These flowers love the sun as they need sunlight for nourishment and moisturizer and even they look very beautiful when they are hanging out on the basket or grown in the garden.
The flowers come in the shade of pink as well as purple and even they look very beautiful when they are grown.

Aster:

The flowers are also known for their late bloomers as the flowers grow the season of Summer to fall without missing a beat and even these flowers are available in different colors like white, blue, purple as well as Pink.
These plants grow in the zone of 3 to 8.

Autumn Joy Sedum:

There are many types of flowers and even there are different varieties with this flower growing up two feet tall and 3 feet wide as these plants come in the color of bright pink in late summer and early fall and even autumn joy sedum grows at the zone of 3 to 9.

Dahlia:

These flowers look very gorgeous when they are grown and even these flowers need a warmer climate for blooming.
These flowers grow in the zone of 8 to 11.

Oakleaf Hydrangea:

Hydrangea has different forms but the best part about the Oakleaf is that it comes with a variety of bright autumn leaves and even this oakleaf Hydrangea grows at the zones of 5 to 9.

Sunflower:

Sunflower grows up to 10 feet tall and grows in late summer planting.
The flower is also known as a sunflower as this flower has a bright color like a Sun and the seed of this flower needs about 60 days to become a flower and the sunflower grows at the zone of 4 to 9.

Shrub Rose:

These plants grow at the zone of 3 to 10 and these shrub roses are well known as landscape roses.
These flowers have new varieties and even they bloom with a beautiful flush in the early mid-autumn.
These flowers are in pink color and the flowers are in bunches that look very beautiful when they are grown in the garden or containers.

Celosia:

These plants grow at the zone of 10 to 11 and even this plant is known as cockscomb as these plants add a color to any garden as well as container.
These flowers grow at the time of fall and even these plants look amazing in bright colors as they are in different colors like orange, pink, yellow, and red.

Burning Bush:

The flowers or plants grow in zones 4 to 9 as the burning bush is known as the Hardy bush which turns in red color at the time of fall and even these flowers look very beautiful when they are grown in the garden.

Black Eyed Susan:

These flowers grow at the zone of 3 to 9 and even this Black Eyed Susan is in yellow color that looks like a Sunny face.
These flowers look like a charming plant that adds more Elegance and beauty to the garden.

Pansies:

The flowers grow at the zone of 6 to 8 as these pansies don’t care about cold and even about snow.
In warmer climates, these pansy flowers last through much of the winter.

Chokeberry:

These flowers grow at the zone of 3 to 8 as these flowers have an incredible autumn color that makes this flower a standing foundation for planting that is best for boasting other spring flowers.

Ornamental Grasses:

This flower grows at the zone of 3 to 5 and even these flowers are quite different from other flowers and that’s why it is known as ornamental grasses.

Cyclamen:

These flowers grow at the zone of 4 to 9 and even these flowers are sold as house plants.
They look very beautiful and different from other flowers as these flowers are used as ground covers in warm climates Blooming for a month.

Heuchera:

These flowers grow at the hardest zone of 3 to 8 and even these flowers bloom at the time of fall.
These flowers look gorgeous when their shade turns from lemon yellow to watermelon red.
These flowers are very versatile as compared to other fall flowers.

Conclusion:

Hence from this guide, you have learned some different best flowers to plant in fall for your garden from where you can easily make up your mind which plant is perfect to be grown in your garden. Further, if you have any doubt, related to this guide, just ask me in the comment section.