You can see John’s garden in the October 2023 issue of Gardens Illustrated<\/em>. Subscribe<\/a> so you never miss an issue. <\/p> You may also like<\/strong><\/p> The browns, reds and yellows of autumn have their own beauty which can be enhanced, as John has done, to extend your garden\u2019s season of interest much further into darker months thanks to modern planting.<\/p> Ornamental grasses<\/a>, such as Miscanthus<\/em>, Calamagrostis<\/em> and Ampelodesmos mauritanicus<\/em> are key to an autumn garden, adding soft textures and pale buffs of their seedheads<\/a> that act as a foil to vibrant flowers, leaves and berries.<\/p> Asters<\/a> are an autumn stalwart, available in white<\/a>, blue, purple<\/a>, pink<\/a> and every shade between. In full sun these are easy to grow, vigorous plants that will hold clouds of flower from late-summer to the first frosts.<\/p> Bulbs<\/a>, more commonly thought of for spring, can be used in autumn too thanks to late flowering Nerine bowdenii<\/em>, Colchicum autumnale <\/em>and Cyclamen hederifolium<\/em>, which grows from a bulb-like corm.<\/p> Bistorts, still known to many as persicarias<\/a>, are invaluable late season flowers that often have some hints of colour in the leaves in autumn. Shrubby salvias<\/a> will also flower well into autumn with enough sunshine, available in a range of colours.<\/p> John has supplemented interest in the garden with potted tender plants such as small chrysanthemums<\/a> and pelargoniums<\/a>, as well as gorgeous foliage of many succulents including agaves and echeverias. These are moved into a small greenhouse or inside for protection during winter.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Keeping interest going in the garden into autumn isn’t as hard as it may seem. There are plenty of plants that offer flowers and foliage now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26369,"template":"","categories":[1,17,51],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn.jpg",2560,1920,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn-768x576.jpg",768,576,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn-1024x768.jpg",800,600,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn-1536x1152.jpg",1536,1152,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2023\/09\/how-to-keep-your-garden-looking-great-through-autumn-2048x1536.jpg",2048,1536,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Keeping interest going in the garden into autumn isn't as hard as it may seem. There are plenty of plants that offer flowers and foliage now.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/26368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to plant a garden with autumn interest<\/h2>
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