Flowering autumn planting - these plants bloom in autumn
The end of summer does not mean that sadness will now find its way onto the balcony. In autumn, flowers and perennials take over the floral scepter, like the carpet myrtleaster (Aster ericoides), whose white cup-shaped flowers look like a pre-winter snowstorm in the Flower box.(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) The following plants also enchant us with their autumnal opulent abundance of flowers:
- Lily grape (Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'): blue grape blossoms from August to October; 30-50 cm
- Autumn-anemone (Anemone japonica): numerous varieties in beautiful autumn colors; 30-40 cm
- Bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia 'autumn bloom'): magnificent, dark pink autumn bloomer until November; 30 cm
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Seducers bring you a spectacular festival of colors. The undisputed prime for autumn planting is the Sedum variety 'Herbstfreude' with rust-red umbrella flowers.
Decorative leaf plants for the shady balcony
The balcony box in shadier Planting in autumn is one of the ultimate challenges for the creative hobby gardener. Only a few plants are prepared for the increasing lack of light and falling temperatures. Now is the time for these ornamental foliage plants, which, with their beautiful leaves, make the lack of colorful flowers a thing of the past:
- Snow spring Funkie (Hosta undulata): wavy, twisted heart leaves in white and green; 25-35 cm
- Gold Funkie 'Cracker Crumbs' (hosta hybrids): golden yellow decorative leaves with a delicate green border; 20-30 cm
- Stone feather (Asplenium trichomanes): minifern with pretty feathered fronds; 10-20 cm
Wouldn't you like to do without pretty flowers on the poorly lit balcony in autumn? Then the bulky Aster 'Tradescant' is there. The 25 to 30 cm small beauty cannot be prevented by a shady location from delighting with dainty, white flowers in autumn. If you plant the flower box with a combination of Aster divaricatus and Hosta species, an autumnal-romantic ambience spreads on the balcony.
Tips
With colorful jute ribbons as Autumn decoration give your flower box an autumnal color. Cover the balcony box with the ribbons and intertwine them into lush knots. To protect the root ball from the first cold nights, place a transparent film under the binding material.
