Vibrant Fall Garden Plants

Discover the Best Plants to Add Vibrant Color to Your Garden This Fall

These plants can add color to gardens and pots when summer flowers have faded due to heat, not the cold, and it's time to freshen up for the new season. Pansies are a popular fall color for gardens, with their bright orange, purple and yellow colors returning in spring. Sedum Autumn Joy, a perennial in horticultural zones 3-9, changes with the seasons. Firecracker plant (Cuphea) is an easy-care, heat-tolerant choice with striking, tubular orange flowers that attract hummingbirds. As summer annuals fade, consider replacing them with garden chrysanthemums, but don't pull them out at the end of the season. Croton, a foliage plant with yellow-and-veined, large green leaves, is typically treated as a houseplant outside of the tropics, but can be used as a bedding plant in fall arrangements.