One of the best ways to celebrate autumn’s glory is to create some beautiful fall planters by the front door! Fall is such a special time of year. We can’t help feeling inspired by the colorful foliage and pumpkins, the abundant harvest, and the festive Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Today we will explore some glorious fall planters great for Thanksgiving and fall decorations, including many inspiring fall planter ideas and container garden inspirations with Mums, pumpkins, kale, and other ornamental plants, best fall flowers for pots, other decorative elements like straw or seed pods, and more!
Group 1: Using Ornamental Kale to Create beautiful Fall Planters
Purple fountain grass and bright colored peppers also look amazing here with kale in fall planters.
This planter above with conifers makes an easy transition from fall to winter and Christmas decorations by simply replacing the kale with red berry branches!
Here are 20+ stunning winter and Christmas planters for you to check out!
20+ stunning winter and Christmas planters
Group 2: Fall Planter Ideas with Mums and Pumpkins
Mums and Violas are both great fall flowers for pots because they bloom beautifully in cool weather.
Add some tall grasses, kale, and tuck in a few pumpkins to create gorgeous fall planters easily. ( Via Momcrieff | Greenlifegardens )
We don’t even have t plant a fall planter! The above autumn container decoration is made with a rustic galvanized tub filled with colorful berry branches, straw, pumpkins, and dried corn. Such a beautiful celebration of fall harvest! ( Source lost, please let me know if you find the original source!)
Another favorite: Lucy at Craftberry Bush created such beautiful fall decorations with planters and pumpkins on her front porch!
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20+ Container plantings WITH PLANT LISTS for spring and summer gardens!
Group 3: Yellow Daisies in Fall Planters
Daisies, Sunflowers, Black-eyed Susan, and Marigolds are all great fall flowers for pots. Their orange and yellow colors are lovely for fall decorations and container gardens. ( Sources for both above and below images are lost, please let me know if you find the original source, thank you!)
Mix these flowers with tall grasses, blue and purple kale, and other fall decorations accents like berries, cat tails, or pumpkins to create beautiful fall container gardens.
Group 4: Purple and burgundy colors in Fall Planters
In addition to fall flowers, there are many beautiful foliage plants and dried seedpods which are great for fall decorations.
Puple Kale and fountain grass in urn with mums and Creeping Jenny in a classic urn. ( Source )
Kimberly at Serendipity Refined always creates such beautiful fall decorations by her front entry!
This artistic fall container is planted with Purple Pixie Loropetalum, ‘Lemon Lime’ Nandina, ‘Fireworks’ Pennisetum, and ‘Alabama Sunset’ Coleus.
Coleus is such a great colorful plant that is so easy to grow and propagate! Check out this detailed tutorial here on how to grow and propagate Coleus!
Detailed tutorial on how to grow and propagate Coleus
Purple Sweet Potato plants and Purple Huecheras look great with golden mums and orange pumpkins! ( Via wildwaystogarden.com (site expired) | The Graceful Gardener )
Create a dramatic fall display with bold foliage plants such as purple rubber plant and Crotons in first set of bowl planters, or Phormium ‘Platt’s Black’, Loropetalum ‘Plum Delight’, Rudbeckia, and Zinnias in second set of planters.
Group 5: Gorgeous Fall decorations in Urn Planters
Create stylish fall decorations with elegant urn planters, mums, pumpkins and kale! ( Via Stone Gable Blog)
Wine-red coleus, golden Japanese Forest grass (Hakonechloa macra, zones 4 to 9) and lime-green sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas, zones 9 to 11) create a dramatic display. ( Source )
Below is a video tutorial on how to create your own decorative fall planters.
This artistic autumn arrangement below is made with Hydrangeas, Eucalyptus, and Physalis alkekengi (aka Chinese Lanterns ). ( Via Hensandchicks )
One more reason to plant Hydrangeas! Here’s a tutorial on how to grow beautiful Hydrangeas and how to root Hydrangea cuttings easily.
Tutorial on how to grow beautiful Hydrangeas and how to root Hydrangea cuttings easily.
Group 6: Halloween decorations in Fall Planters
When it gets closer to Halloween, you can transform your fall decoration planters into Halloween planters easily by adding some painted black branches, a Halloween sign, or other decorative elements! ( via canadiangardening | floresdelsol )
You may also love these 25 splendid fall outdoor decorations for your porch and backyard!
25 splendid fall outdoor decorations .
Happy creating! See you next week!
Source: apieceofrainbow.com
