Garden lacking colour-what to plant for autumn?

Crocosmia comes out soon and looks like fireworks until around November.

My buddleia adds some colour in August. The cotoneaster horizontalis will soon change to dark red. The crab apples will ripen to orange. There is a second flowering of Warm Welcome roses.

To late for this year but, Dahlia. Colour from July to first frost

Right sue. Will get on with it in the morning.

Gonegirl... I plucked up courage and did mine. Two days later they started to shoot, and they are now flowering again... a mere three weeks later.

My favourite plant is Golden Oregano (marjoram). Pale lime yellow leaves all year. Small flowers early summer. Cut it down Sept/Oct and it produces new leaves which stay bright until the next spring. AND you can cook.with it!

Check out euonymua alatus. Red perennial.

Just got back from lunch at the garden centre. They have so much in full bloom! You could start over with another Summer. Even trays of pansies and violas. Was sorely tempted but resisted with holidays coming up.

Thank you, everyone. There are some great ideas here. I'm going to write down all the suggestions - I even need to find out what some of them are as I don't know the names. Then I'll see what I can find. I managed to get a nice Golden Rod this morning at our local market so that's a start.

My 2year old ggd asked her mum for balloons to be planted in their garden

Go for it?

I’m just sat looking at the garden, and notice how the light is changing. I guess the sun is lower. It feels different today, even though it is the most beautiful summers day, it has a hint if autumn about it.

The bees are incredibly busy. Standing and watching I’ve noticed that different bees go for different plants.
Big bumbles like the anemones, honey bees like the cat mint,
Other types like the lavender - others on the other stuff like buddleia and persicaria it is fascinating.

Anyone cutting back their perennial geraniums, hoping to get new greenery and perhaps a second flowering, yet? I seem to half and half with mine. Indecision.

In my garden I have the following which lasts in some cases until November.
Most are in flower now or will be soon.

Asters.
Phlox
Japanese anemone
Wolfbane
Nerines
Autumn crocus
Clematis
Roses
Grasses
Geraniums including Rozanne
Soon second flush of delphiniums
Colour from berries including arums.
Cyclamen
There’s lots of colour still left over from summer flowers
Leaf colour is good too. I have the vine that goes deep red before it drops as well as other shrubs trees etc.

I don’t do bedding but if you look after your pots they will last well into the autumn until you are ready to plant up the winter display.

When I say cut back I mean dead head!

For the balcony how about evergreens, under planted with bulbs which are probably in the shops now. A mix of ivy, ferns and maybe some heather. I would cut back the geranium and give them a feed, they might perk up.

My display of geraniums on the balcony have been battered by wind and rain for couple of days and the red ones especially have lost most of the flowers, I have 3 large oblong tubs and need help for autumn winter colour too . . Anyone have any ideas ?

I saw an entire bed planted with Heuchara at Hever Castle a few weeks ago & it looked stunning. It occurred to me at the time that it would look wonderful in winter too. So many different colours. I moved all mine to the same bed & intend to get a few more to add to them.

Hi.... If you have room in spring plant a hydrangea.
They flower late and the flowers hold into winter.
You can cut them and dry. I have a large old jug full of
dried hydrangea flowers in the bathroom.
They always look good.

A trip to the garden centre should do it. Whatever is looking good now. Aster, sedums, monarda always good bets. Put in some repeat roses in the autumn or next spring too.

I planted Japanese anenomes, pink, and they are thuggish!. I just wish the white ones would take after them.

I like your Nerines BlueBelle a lovely fuschia, ours are a pale pink.

Pelargoniums, they can keep going almost into Winter.
We plant up pots of them and dot around in the borders for late summer/autumn colour, also dahlias.

Oh yes MazieD my Geranium Rozanne is a mass of flower and buds and will continue flowering for quite a while yet. Another plant that spreads like mad. DH wants to rip some of it out but I love the way it spreads itself around the other plants , he can keep his hands off !

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My autumn garden is very colourful but my winter garden a bit bare I have lots and lots of Nerines and a Virginia creeper

Sorry, can't plant most of my list now for late colour. Didn't read your post properly. Do it next spring... ?