Fall flowering perennials extend interest and appeal of your garden. Many are tall and can be left standing for winter interest. The seed heads will also provide food for birds. Cotoneaster, pictured above, is a shrub that has beautiful red, orange, peach and yellow leaves for fall. Barberry intensify in colour in fall. Lilac leaves may have a tinge of purple. Peonies may be red, purple, orange, peachy and or green.
Fall blooming Perennials
Autumn Joy sedum (center)
Black-eyed Susan’s
Blanket flower
Fall and New York aster
Morden Mum’s
Purple coneflower (in garden bed)
Russian sage
Silver Princess Shasta Daisy
Tall garden Phlox (white flowers)
The following list of plants bring yellow, orange and or red to your garden. These warm colours herald the closing of another growing season.
Perennials for fall colour and form
Bergenia
Bevans Scented Geranium
Cushion Spurge
Globe Thistle
Peony
Rockfoil Saxifraga
Spike Gayfeather
Russian sedum
