I have always considered containers as an accents or puncture in the garden. You can put them in small corners, sit on steps or join them together near the front door to add a splash of color and to raise their space. And as a professional gardener, when the summer is Golden and the Greens of spring are long gone, I turned to pots in September to get a small elevator.
Even a single pot with an evergreen fern, a handful of breeks and a fading ornamental grass is enough to keep space for the upcoming season – a small, but on the relocation to autumn.
So if you wonder what you should plant in September to extend the garden year, you have come in the right place. These are some of my favorite plants that will be expanded to pots in September. No excitement, just good color and a lot of joy and effects.
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7 plants that can add to pots in September
These seven plants that can add to pots in September are all very maintenance. Use only a fresh compost in your containers and give them good irrigation after plants.
So if you are looking for inspiration for your container garden ideas, these seven options are worth.
1. Rudbeckia
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I had a black or black-eyed susan or for a long time Rudbeckia SPP .. These prairie plants based in North America are perfect for giving joy to every late summer display.
For me, one of the best Rudbeckias 'Henry Eilers', which has thin, spider yellow flowers that are difficult to beat. I have grown on a few occasions and never have tires of it.
But honestly, everyone will do the Rudbeckias. “Goldsturm”, “Cherry Brandy”, “Indian Summer” – they are all reliable and give this defiant color when the rest of the garden begins to pack.
In Zone 4 you can grow black -eyed Susan plants in pots at the front door, ideally in a sunny place. Give them good water during the drying magic to make them happy.
Try that Rudbeckia HirtaAvailable with living plants from Amazon, which should keep the autumn show up to date until the first frost in your garden.
2. Mexican feather grass
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I have grown Mexican feather grass or Nassella thin (Syn. Stipa thin) in all possible environments – in addition to paths, among bushes and in old zinc tubs and terracotta pots.
This plant up to zone 7 thrives in bad soil, so don't do too much to compost in your container. Simply make sure that there is sufficient drainage with one or two heads of grains.
It prefers the full sun, so that potting ads on the terrace should work well. Just make sure that you insert one or two colorful perennials (such as Black Eyed Susan) to add a scattering of joy and effect.
Live Mexican feather grass starter plants can now be ordered via Amazon from Greenwood Nursery.
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3. autumn fern
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The autumn fern or Dryopteris erythrosorais a work for the autumn season, as you may have guessed the name.
I once planted several specimens in old stone pots when I worked for a private house outside of Monmouthshire, South Wales.
We had hidden Mulhenbeckia, and a drift by purple rums that were spilled over the edge. Simple, but it really sang towards the end of summer and autumn.
When the new fronds penetrate in September, they dive out coppery, as you can see in the picture above and fade deep green in winter.
This evergreen fern up to zone 5 prefers the color and a place that remains moist, which should not be a problem in October and November. And with luck, it will switch along the whole autumn and winter.
Live -Herbst -Farnpflanzen are now available via Amazon.
4. Japanese anemone
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In the Garden Museum in London, where I once worked, we had swaths of Japanese anemons with white flowers that grew at the forest borders.
From late summer until November, the variety of 'Honorine Jobert' illuminated the borders, and it fails to stop passers -by.
Yes, they can be seen as an invasive perennial in the wrong place because they spread. But in pots, Japanese anemones are elegant and used.
For us, they are hardiness zone 4, so you can spend the winter without fuss. I have often tracked something. It is a high plant that is best in a large stable container.
'Honorine Jobert' Japanese Anemone -Live plants are now available via Amazon.
5. Monkey grass
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Monkey grass, or Liriope Muscariis one of the best perennials that can expand borders or pots just because it is reliable and steadfast.
Live monkey grass plants are now available via Amazon.
Hardy from zone 5 to 10 this evergreen likes to take full shadows or daplite sun and fits wonderfully with autumn ferns or a small white cyclamen.
And the purple flowers – don't forget it. In summer, short tips of pale purple (or sometimes white) are created and sometimes last until October. They are subtle but beautiful, perfect for reserved pot displays.
6. Arabhera
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Geraschea Spp.Or coral bells are impressive plants that are normally grown for their unique decoloration. In Zone 4 you thrive in darker spots or shady pot displays.
One of my favorite varieties from Heucher is a “fire chief”, which shines red in the autumn months. So alive in the right light, works well when the container is near a red Japanese maple or a high copper grass.
I found that Heuchera spp. Need minimal efforts. Simply plant them in high -quality soil, put a little water and a light feed from time to time.
Live -Heucher plants are available from Amazon.
7. Paving
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I have lost the count of how many ruffles I have grown over the years. I have a small obsession of 'Tiger Eye' – to see in the picture above – everything orange, yellow and bronze, perfect for joyful pots.
I also love the sensitive Australian violet or Viola HederaceaAlthough it is more of a zone 9 to 10 type.
But really go to your local kindergarten and choose which viola or pansy you notice. There is no right or wrong here.
I tend to mix in groups, purple and oranges with faded grasses and ferns. The full sun is best, but they are also shadowed in the shade.
Try this purple pansies with living plants that are now available via Amazon.
One last tip – most of these container plants can be brought into the yard in spring. This releases your pots for spring and summer exhibitions and gives the plants a proper home to stretch.
Simply lift them with care and plant them within limits or under trees. A little water helps, but most are robust and reliable species that should settle on the border.
Further plant inspirations can be found in our guide to the best perennials that can plant for spring flowers in September to give your garden even more color for the coming months.
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These shiny red planters are perfect for giving autumn pot displays a bit of joy.
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