Refresh your container gardens with cold-tolerant plants. English Gardens has the best selection of Proven Winners annuals for impressive container gardens!

Tip: Use a Thriller, Filler and Spiller to create a full and beautiful container garden. Click here for tips!

Here’s some of our favorites for fall color:

Thrillers

Graceful Grasses Toffee Twist

With slender and bronze grass blades, Toffee Twist is the perfect thriller for fall containers. This annual grass offers an elegant vertical sweeping and trailing habit. Prefers part to full sun.

Millet

A traditional fall plant, Millet has long spikes with seed heads and broad foliage. Loves full sun. Two varieties include:

• • Jester – Foliage emerges chartreuse with a subtle overlay of burgundy. As the foliage matures, it becomes predominately burgundy.
  • Purple Baron – This millet begins with bright green foliage and matures a rich dark purple foliage in the fall.

Heuchera

Foliage is the new flower! Acting as a thriller and a filler, Proven Winners has a collection of Heuchera called Dolce, which include:

• • Blackberry Ice – Foliage has black veining and amethyst purple undersides. As the leaves mature, they develop a soft silver overlay. In midsummer, they produce wands with cream flowers.
  • Blackcurrant – The foliage is dark purple with silver accents. They begin blooming in early spring with cream flowers.
  • Brazen Raisin – A dramatic black purple foliage with hot pink buds that open pale pink or white flowers in spring.
  • Cinnamon Curls – The foliage emerges fiery orange-red in spring, then turns a unique blend of coppery orange, red, and purple tones as they mature.
  • Key Lime Pie – Adds stunning chartreuse and yellow foliage to your container.

Heuchera is a perennial, so before the first frost, plant in the ground to enjoy next year.  Perennials will not survive Michigan’s winter in pots above ground. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies and likes sun to part shade.

Fillers

Flowering Kale

This ornamental vegetable has beautiful foliage that provides color and texture.  Plant in full sun to partial shade. Some varieties include:

• • Coral Queen Red – Edges are purple-green with a brightly colored red center.
  • Glamour Red – A burst of hot pink in the center of green foliage.

Sunsatia Lemon Nemesia

Beautiful and intricate flowers, Nemesia will add flare to your container garden. The blooms have two petals that form lips to create eye-catching flowers.  Sunsatia Lemon is a remarkable yellow that ranges in hue from a bright yellow to a pastel shade. Prefers full to partial sun.

Anytime Panisola

Proven Winners has introduced a combination of pansies and violas called Pansiola. One variety is called Plum Good. Plum Good has rich plum flowers with violet highlights that is sure to impress. They grow best in a shady area.

Lemon Coral Sedum

Easy to grow and a fabulous addition to any container, Lemon Coral has chartreuse and spikey foliage. This annual sedum is very vigorous and drought-tolerant. Loves full sun to part sun.

Spillers

Supertunia

Supertunia petunias are vigorous that act as both a filler and spiller in containers. Prefer full sun. With medium to large sized flowers, varieties include:

• • New for 2016: Honey – flowers resemble a sunset of orange and yellow.
  • New for 2016: Limoncello – Blooms soft yellow with deep yellow veins.
  • Black Cherry – A dramatic addition with deep red with black accents.
  • Vista Bubblegum – A rich pink with red veining that stands out!
  • Vista Fuchsia – Brilliant fuchsia color with a dark center.
  • Vista Silverberry – Beautiful combination of white flowers with red veins.

Superbells

Superbells have clusters of small, colorful flowers that drape throughout a container and along the edges. Superbells need full sun. Some varieties include:

• • Superbells Dreamsicle – a dreamy combination of orange and red flowers.
  • Superbells Lemon Slice – blooms resemble yellow and white pinwheels.
  • Superbells Saffron – sunny yellow flowers with red lining around the center.
  • Superbells Tequila Sunrise – a mixture of red and orange on each bloom.

Dark Knight Lobularia

Lobularia produces masses of small fragrant flowers. Dark Knight blooms deep purple all summer. Its mounding and trailing habit will fill the container and drape over the edge. Prefers partial to full sun.

Orange Symphony Osteospermum

Daisy-like flowers, Orange Symphony has large orange petals accented with purple in the flower’s center for a dramatic look.  Be sure to allow soil to dry between watering. Requires part to full sun.

 

Goldilocks Creeping Jenny

Goldilocks Creeping Jenny produces gold cup-shaped flowers along the stems from late spring to midsummer. The glossy round leaves emerge gold in spring and turn chartreuse as they mature. With a fast growing rate and trailing habit, this perennial will fill your container and spill over the edges. Plant it in the ground before the first frost to grow back next year.

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