76 GARDEN GATE | The Perfect Autumn Garden | OCTOBER 2019 | ISSUE 149
RAISED BEDS TURN HEADS
If you build your bed as a berm, with
the center higher than the edges, you
can create height diff erences where
there were none. Another reason this
works well here? In a new bed like this,
slower-growing shrubs and perennials
might struggle to peek over the annuals
that fi ll this bed the fi rst year. The berm
helps elevate them.Aging gracefully (^)
By fall, many plants are looking better than
ever. Once summer’s heat wanes, plants that
had been languishing suddenly turn lush.
Even with all this activity, it’s a wistful time:
Just when they’re at their showiest, you can’t
help but think that these beautiful plants will
soon be on their way out.
Want to know how to get the most of your
annuals in fall? Let us show you which annuals
get better with age, how to keep them going
longer in the fall and more!
PROLONG THE SHOW
Many annuals will shrug off a light
frost (30 to 32 degrees F). But there
are a few that will turn black and die
immediately. If you’re ex pecting a
night or two of cold temps and then a
return to warmer weather, it’s worth
protecting your most tender plants.
Plants with soft, fl eshy stems and
leaves are especially susceptible to cold
temperatures. Here are a few examples:
- Impatiens Impatiens hybrids
- Coleus Plectranthus hybrids
- Morning glory Ipomoea purpurea
- Caladium Caladium hybrids
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RAISED BEDS TURN HEADS
If you build your bed as a berm, with
the center higher than the edges, you
can create height diff erences where
there were none. Another reason this
works well here? In a new bed like this,
slower-growing shrubs and perennials
might struggle to peek over the annuals
that fi ll this bed the fi rst year. The berm
helps elevate them.Aging gracefully (^)
By fall, many plants are looking better than
ever. Once summer’s heat wanes, plants that
had been languishing suddenly turn lush.
Even with all this activity, it’s a wistful time:
Just when they’re at their showiest, you can’t
help but think that these beautiful plants will
soon be on their way out.
Want to know how to get the most of your
annuals in fall? Let us show you which annuals
get better with age, how to keep them going
longer in the fall and more!
PROLONG THE SHOW
Many annuals will shrug off a light
frost (30 to 32 degrees F). But there
are a few that will turn black and die
immediately. If you’re ex pecting a
night or two of cold temps and then a
return to warmer weather, it’s worth
protecting your most tender plants.
Plants with soft, fl eshy stems and
leaves are especially susceptible to cold
temperatures. Here are a few examples:
- Impatiens Impatiens hybrids
- Coleus Plectranthus hybrids
- Morning glory Ipomoea purpurea
- Caladium Caladium hybrids