Fall planting guide

From dramatic seasonal containers to gorgeous autumn grasses, here's everything you need to plant this season

Fall color for your garden

Plant shimmery ornamental grasses and flame-colored flowers for a great fall garden

Rows of ornamental grass color the side of the home.
Photography by Chris Leschinsky

Set lighter plants off with chocolate-colored foliage

Purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) clusters around a path, while two reddish brown smoke trees draw your eye through golden clouds of flowering Stipa gigantea.

Space ornamental grasses far enough apart so that, after they mature, they can move gracefully in the wind.


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