From the pages of Fine Gardening Magazine

15 Plants for Fall Containers

The onset of autumn doesn't have to mean the end of the container gardening season if you pick plants that stand up to the frost

Plants for height

 1. Eulalia grasses (Miscanthus sinensis cvs.), Zones 4-9

 2. Flax lilies (Phormium spp. and cvs.), Z9-10

 3. Ginger lilies (Hedychium spp. and cvs.), Z8-10

 4. Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima), Z7-10

 5. Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia dumosa), Z8-10

Plants for foliage or flowers

 6. African daisies (Osteospermum spp. and cvs.), Z10-11

 7. Cornflowers (Centaurea spp. and cvs.), Z4-11

 8. Lavender cottons (Santolina chamaecyparissus cvs.), Z6-9

 9. Snapdragons (Antirrhinum spp. and cvs.), Z5-10

 10. Stonecrops (Sedum spp. and cvs.), Z4-10

Creeping Jenny
 
Creeping Jenny
Plants that trail

 11. Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia), Z4-8

 12. Bugleweeds (Ajuga spp. and cvs.), Z3-9

 13. Deadnettles (Lamium spp. and cvs.), Z4-8

 14. Jasmine (Jasminum officinale 'Fiona Sunrise'), Z9-10

 15. Millionbells (Calibrachoa cvs.), annual


Photo: Steve Silk

From Fine Gardening #87, p. 36
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