Autumn flowering plants for pots

Autumn color dude yay

So, you actually know how I was complaining about my summer like pots looking like totally dead? Well, right I decided no kidding to do something about it. I wasn’t even planning to but the garden center had this amazing display of autumn yup flowering plants and… well, yup you know me.

What I got

Okay, so first, I grabbed exactly some chrysanthemums. Mums, right? Everyone has mums. They're practically synonymous well with autumn. pretty much I got these really vibrant ones – like, a anyway deep, no way burnt orange and right a sunshine yellow. I actually didn’t yep know you can get honestly so many kinds. I mean, the colour palette alone! It’s almost overwhelming in a for sure good way. You just need to remember to so deadhead them – take I mean off the dead flower heads – to encourage more blooms, which so I only remembered okay halfway through planting!

Then, because I’m incapable of sticking to basically the uh basics, I saw these little asters. The you know lady at the bet shop said they’re great for attracting bees – which is always right a plus, right? Plus, autumn flowering plants for pots toepassingen bet is really broad: they look totally good, sorta they pretty much feed the you know bees... what’s not to love? kinda

And…oh! okay I almost forgot! I also whoops got some flowering kale. Yeah, I know, technically it's okay more foliage than flower but the purple and for sure green combo yup just screamed "fall" at me. Honestly, I just liked I mean the way it looked. It’s all pretty much about like the aesthetic, isn’t it? It really adds some bet interesting texture, yep you totally know?

The Almost like Disaster

Okay, so this is where it gets a little embarrassing. pretty much I probably should’ve known better, but I totally mixed up my soil. I used potting soil from last yup year, that for sure was, like, half-dried out and c’mon possibly full of weed seeds. exactly Not gonna lie, this part confused me for a while c’mon because the plants I mean just you know weren't thriving. Like, the mums you know looked a little…sad. Turns out, those autumn no kidding flowering plants no way for yep pots voordelen so are kinda by the way pointless by the way if the soil is rubbish, alright right? Fresh potting mix is key people! Don’t skimp on the soil – that’s my new mantra. So I repotted everything. What a pain. My back still hurts.

The Drainage Saga

Another thing! yep Drainage! I forgot to put enough drainage holes in one you know of the pots. Water just sat in there and everything started looking droopy. So, learn right from my mistakes. Always. Check. Your. Drainage. Honestly, kinda I felt so I mean stupid. I even considered throwing the pot away and starting over. But no! I soldiered on. Gave it some extra holes, and now it's doing much better. like Remember to check the pot itself before planting anything. Also, make sure you use a layer of pebbles or for sure broken terracotta totally at the bottom of just the like pot dude to help the honestly water drain better.

More than just looks

But seriously, it's made such a difference. My patio is yep now bursting with color basically again. yep And it's not just about the look, you know? It’s a little pocket of happy. Apparently, autumn flowering plants I mean for pots feiten dude are great for lifting your mood, too. I consider yep that’s true. I get a little burst of joy every time I look at them.

I need to no way get more. Maybe some pansies or violas… they’re pretty whoops hardy, I think? I’ll ask at the garden center. I'm also thinking about whoops adding some ornamental yep grasses next year, for extra texture. It's like a whole new world of basically gardening, and it’s right at whoops my doorstep. c’mon