Best plants to landscape with in the Fall in Georgia?

Question

I'm looking at planting some landscaping. What plants well in the fall in Georgia? Non-perrenials, please (I'm not one to change up plants every few months--yuck--once planted, I want them to stay).

Answer 1

Wood asters should do alright- they're native to the eastern woodlands, bloom in the fall. They're perennial, too- coming back year after year. "Annuals" are the ones you don't want...

Fall is the perfect time to plant most shrubs/trees/spring bulbs; they'll be under less heat stress than during summer. It's not a bad time to plant perennials, either, they just can sometimes be harder to find since it's often past their season.

Try rhododendrons, deciduous azaleas, winterberry (deciduous holly- great berry display over winter!)- work on the backbone of the garden, and then treat yourself to about 500 bulbs (much less than that looks kind of sparse unless you're doing a really small area)

Answer 2

Plant Mexican Petunias - Humming birds love them and they just grow and grow and bloom and bloom.....great plants easy to propagate too!
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These plants are classed as invasive so care must be taken to control them or confine to plant beds.
Any cuttings should be thoroughly dried before discarding.

Answer 3

Perenials do stay. They come back each year. Use irises, day lilies, peonies, and mums. Check with your agricultural extension agent for native plants. These will require less work.

Answer 4

you got it backward perennials are the once you leave in the ground and they come up every year the other are seasonal plants once flowered they die and you clean up the mess

Answer 5

you want perennials...you don't want annuals, you have to plant annnuals every year.