Fall Color for Gardens

Adding Variety

• Use a potting soil that has good drainage. Adding compost to the mix helps to create additional heat and adds nutrients.

• Use a slow-release fertilizer that will last until spring.

• Select plants with a hardiness rating colder than your temperature zone.

• Try underplanting with spring-flowering bulbs. Plant bulbs in containers at regular depth (three times the size of the bulb), but space them closer together than you would in the open ground.

• Create long-season interest by selecting a mixture of low-growing conifers, broadleaf evergreens, grasses, and interesting foliage plants.

Shown here: grape hyacinths (Muscari)