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5. Helenium (Helenium)
This gorgeous plant provides vibrant warm autumn color in this bushy 3 to 4-foot perennial with masses of echinacea-like blossoms in fall.
Helenium thrives in full sun with rich soil but favors cool soil and tolerates clay, so adding organic matter and mulching is recommended for this late bloomer.
Native to North, Central, and South America, Helenium species thrive in zones 3 to 8.
6. Aster (Aster)
The rockstar of the fall-blooming garden, asters come in all shapes and sizes, from 1 to 4 feet tall.
For compact, bushy plants, many aster varieties can be pinched back in early summer, while thriving in full sun to part shade in zones 3 to 8.
Loved by late visiting birds, bees, and butterflies, asters provide food and nectar with their blue, purple, pink, and white daisy- and double-daisy-like flowers.
7. Mums (Chrysanthemum)
A hobby in its own right, growing fall-blooming mums is an art form perfected in creating a huge variety of blooms in size, density, and colors ranging from gold, bronze, rust, burgundy, pink, yellow, and purple.
Hardy mums survive in zones 3 to 9 and are different from florists mums so be sure to check the variety.
Growing from 4 to 36 inches tall, mums will form their gorgeous masses of blossoms with a couple of trimmings throughout the early part of the summer.
8. Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
The perfect backdrop, Joe Pye Weed grows into sturdy erect clumps up to 8 feet tall, which are toped in large mauve flower clusters in fall.
The entertainment abounds with all the visiting beneficial, pollinators, birds, and butterflies who visit this fragrant vanilla-scented durable plant in the fall.
Joe Pye Weed is a native plant that loves moist rich soils in full sun to part shade in zones 4 to 9.
9. Goldenrod (Solidago)
With over 100 varieties, goldenrod is often the last flower standing in fall, making it one of the last food sources for nectar-seeking bees and butterflies.
Goldenrod typically forms tall plumes of golden yellow. They come in a variety of sizes from 2-foot cultivars to 8-foot-tall native plants. They are found in zones 3 to 9.
Thriving in full sun in average soil, goldenrod is an easy-to-grow North American native with many tamed varieties for the cultured home garden.
Ornamental Grasses
Fall is the time when ornamental grasses really strut their stuff.
Interesting seed heads dance and wave as the leaves fall in the seasonal winds.
Many ornamental grasses will help develop the fall-blooming landscape, but here are a few suggestions.
10. Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
The changing foliage and colored seed heads of switchgrass persist through fall on these drought-tolerant, native grasses.
