Fall Color

The turning leaves are great until they start to color the yard instead of the sky. Fall can be a rather drab prospect without a few colorful additions. Camilla’s bloom all winter and the leaves stay green. Pansies and mums are the ubiquitous color addition for professional landscapers. It is good to have some for the color. A lot of the summer annuals will have color until the first frost.

There is a lot of edible color available as well. Red chard is great. Also, there are many ornamental cabbages. Unless they are started as seed, they are pretty expensive. They don’t germinate well until the soil is below 70 degrees. Tulips and many other bulbs can be “forced”. Each type of bulb is different so be sure to do the research. Just put the bulbs in the freezer for the required number of days, before it is planted.

There are other plants that bloom so early that they may still add some variety to the garden. One of my favorites are the Lenten roses. They are not really a rose, but they stay green all year and bloom very early.



David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/