For fall containers try some of these cold hardy perennials.
Best container plants for fall and winter.
Try growing robust plants like hakonechloa macra hylotelephium spectabile and calamagrostis x acutiflora karl foerster.
Because most types grow rather tall as much as 6 feet these are plants best suited for very large containers.
As container plants they do best when planted in rich soil and kept moist but not soggy.
For a bee friendly container opt for plants with a generous supply of nectar like crocus hellebores and snowdrops.
Grasses kale heuchera and heucherella are colorful textural and can take a little frost so they re dependable anchors for fall pots.
Life in a pot is harsher and the roots aren t as protected as they are in the ground.
The blue or indigo purple flowers of aster are a symbol of the fall garden and can work equally well in a fall container garden.
For the best chances that your plants will survive a cold winter choose perennials that are rated two zones colder than your area.
More on winter plants.
Flowers are fleeting so keep the show going all season long by choosing fall container plants with foliage that looks lovely in autumn.
Sitting in a frost pocket.