Fall Flowers For Your Garden

Fall is the season to start daydreaming about scrumptious autumnal goodies like pumpkin lattes, the shifting of the leaves, and the crisp, cool sensation of the air. This is a great time of year to go to your own garden or go on a field trip with your local florist to browse their fresh-cut fall flower choices! Consider some of the suggestions we have for the ideal flowers this season.

•  Hydrangeas - These elegant plants are simple to grow, withstand nearly any sort of soil, and produce an abundance of blossoms that are unmatched in the world of shrubs for their stunning flowers. Clear blue, vivid pink, snowy white, lavender, and rose blossoms all occasionally bloom on the same plant, enticing us with their colors!
• African Daisy - Similar to typical daisies, African daisies have petals that radiate out from a central disc. They belong to the same family as zinnias and Shasta daisies, the Asteraceae. However, their vibrant color is nothing like the traditional daisy. In fact, some consumers believed African daisies must have been colored when they were initially introduced on the market. Even the flower's center discs can have the appearance of being painted with metallic paint. Like a conventional daisy, petals may be smooth and flat, or they may radiate out in the form of a tubular spoon. The leaves can be lance-shaped or widely oval, smooth, toothed, or lobed.
• Petunia - Due to their stunning, trumpet-shaped flowers in a variety of colors, petunias are well-known flowers. The plant prefers to grow in sunny locations. This explains why it is so well-known in the US and throughout the Mediterranean region. It blooms from spring through fall, and its flowers are among the most easily recognized flowers on earth. Depending on the plant's kind, petunias come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and hues. For instance, single or double blooming petunias, or figures with a single color or a pattern of lines or splashes of color. Red, white, pink, purple, light blue, yellow, and practically all other pigments are present in a large range of colors. Petunia petals with a dark shade are a sight to behold! 
• Salvia - Perennial salvia (also known as “sage”) is a mainstay of the midsummer garden, providing aromatic blooms that are beloved by bees and butterflies. Taking salvia cuttings in the fall is a good way to keep these drought-tolerant beauties going from year to year! Part of the mint family, salvias appear as a colorful spikes of densely-packed flowers with tubular blossoms atop square stems and velvety leaves. 
• Marigold - Typically, marigolds are sown from seed or nursery starts in the spring once the soil can be worked. When started from seeds, these quick-growing plants will reach blooming maturity in a matter of months. Calendula, another name for marigold, is a plant with various uses, including culinary and therapeutic ones. Many skincare products contain calendula extracts as an ingredient.