Which autumn plants are suitable for your balcony or garden
Autumn is a particular season: it can be hot and dry, with almost summer days, it can keep the mild winds of the summer. In recent years we have also known autumns that were not exactly a continuation of the summer. Autumn is often colder and wetter than winter itself, with variable and often weather. If you want your balcony to remain as beautiful and lush as the summer one, even for the cold season, you cannot use the same plants. There are in fact particular plants, flowers, but also berries and aromatic herbssuitable for planting in the cold season, which will help make your terrace flower and colorful even in autumn. Autumn balcony plants: which ones to choose
Although it doesn’t have the same warmth and splendor as summer, autumn is a season of a thousand colors. Beautifying your autumn balcony with plants and flowers is therefore possible. Here are which ones to choose. Asters Asters
are the first plant we present for the decoration of your autumn balcony . In fact, they bloom in the first part of autumn, sometimes even in the last part of summer, and are suitable for all small balconies that have little space for plant pots. The starsthey are spontaneous flowers, typical of the alpine ecosystem, but can be found in any florist. They take up little space as they develop mainly in height, reaching even seventy centimeters in height. However, despite their small size , thanks to their very bright colors – including purple and blue – they will stand out on your balconies. Ornamental cabbage
Here is another plant suitable for the cold season, perhaps almost more for winter and the last part of autumn, since its flowering is rediscovered at a later time compared to other plants, however autumn. Among the autumn winter balcony plants we can also include ornamental cabbage. The advantage of this ornamental plantand which is very resistant to cold, and for this reason it is cultivated also and above all in harsh climates. Aesthetically it looks very similar to the vegetable to which it is compared, since its leaves are arranged concentrically, with the central part more compact and alternating tern leaves.
The very bright colors , such as purple and pink, but also white with various shades, can easily combine with other typical autumn plants. This flower is rather bulky and needs a fairly large pot, plus it needs to be in certain positions based on the temperature of the environment , so it should be moved during the day in order to allow it as much as possible. exposure to the sun.Cyclamen and pansies
Would you like to embellish the balcony in a refined and elegant way, even if it is not very large
. You can find the solution with this combination of flowers , which would contribute a lot to beautify your terrace and revive it with flowers small enough to be withdrawn as well indoors at night to prevent them from dying due to excessive temperature changes or any night frosts. This duo of flowers can be created by combining multiple colors with each other as both flowers come in various colors:for cyclamen the most common are red, purple and white while violets can be purple, white and purple or yellow and purple. Furthermore, the latter are generally characterized by bright shades of colors that dye the petals. To exploit the maximum decorative potential of this combination, it is advisable to combine it with another typically autumn-winter plant, ivy. Ivy
This time the plant in question, which is part of the autumn plants , is not a flower, but a plant with leaves. In fact, ivy is a beautiful autumn and winter plant, very resistant to cold climates and which goes very well with the flowers mentioned above. Being one of the most resistant and reproductive plantsabsolutely, and very infesting, both if cultivated and if grown spontaneously. It is often recommended to grow it and keep it only in very large places. In addition, this climbing plant has the characteristic of eroding the walls around which it often grows, therefore it is recommended to provide special structures on which the climber can attach itself. Hawthorn
There are many shrubs, especially those with berries , which bloom in autumn and winter. Hawthorn is one of these: easily cultivable, it does not present problems to undergo the autumnal temperature range since it was originally a wild plant, which blooms in winter, and therefore the flowers are also not damaged by frosts. This shrub can develop a lot especially in height, so it also needs abundant spaces , speaking of balconies. Hawthorn is a perennial plant that blooms giving small, white flowers, plus the berries often used medicinally. Chrysanthemums
These are other flowers which bloom in autumn. However, compared to the previous ones, these flowers are much more delicate and need careful care. In fact, the autumn flowering is conditioned by the pruning method that must be carried out by the end of the summer: according to the result to be obtained (large but few flowers or small but numerous flowers)remove the lateral or central buds. Furthermore, for cultivation in pots – obviously required to place them on a balcony – it is necessary to combine different types of soil and fertilize them periodically. Finally, exposure to the sun is necessary, to be avoided in very hot and humid weather. Usually the chrysanthemum has a small plant, large flowers that can reach – depending on the quality – even twenty centimeters in diameter and have bright and lively colors , white, pink or red. Dahlia
Another plant that is very easy to cultivate, even as a balcony plant , is the dahlia. This is indeed a very cold resistant flower, whose shape is very reminiscent of that of the star, as it is very developed in height – so much so that it reaches eighty centimeters – but with a slender and herbaceous stem, just like a wild flower. The flower is also large and can be practically of any color: the fields of dahlias , but also the simple pots in which they are planted for pot cultivation, are colored by pink, yellow, orange and red spots, with shades also of purple and blue. Being typical flowers of mountain meadows and living even above two thousand five hundred meters above sea level, they do not fear the cold and frosts, even if after flowering, which usually takes place between September and October, the petals must be pruned.to prevent them from wilting and rotting and rotting the whole plant. Anemone
This other field flower and another plant consisting of a thin stem and few petals that form the corolla, very simple and elegant. Given the minimum stature they reach, about fifteen centimeters, these flowers are ideal for a small decoration of a corner of your balcony , and are often used to create real expanses of potted flowers. In addition, you can choose to sow them in the pot together with another plant, so as to complete any empty spaces without covering the other plant. The anemone has very varied colors, and the most frequent are white, purple and blue. A curiosity that few people know about the anemone and that in its country of origin, South Africa, is known as the Flower of the Wind , for its delicacy. Aconite
This plant, despite being poisonous and therefore not very common on balconies or in gardens, has an imposing bearing and for its majesty it is much appreciated and is scrupulously cared for in the gardens of those who do not fear the poison. Being a shrub plant it occupies a considerable space, and therefore it is recommended for those who have a large terrace. It is indicated among the autumn plants because it has, like all the previous ones, a strong resistance to frost, and can be stored outdoors even in winter. As for the flowers, this plant has long branches sprinkled with small indigo, purple and blue colored flowers that bloom in late summer and throughout the duration of autumn. Juniper
Juniper is perhaps the best known berry-producing plant after the butcher’s broom . It is known to most for the healing properties that are obtained from the small blue berries that this plant produces. This plant has no particular needs, nor as a climate – being typical of arid environments it does not need a particular amount of water and does not harm the cold.– neither as soil. This plant develops the berries in the first part of winter, and therefore both they and the dry branches must then be pruned in the first part of spring, so that it can regenerate during the warm season. Butcher ‘s broom
We conclude this review of plants suitable for embellishing balconies even in autumn with the Christmas tree par excellence, the butcher’s broom. Being a fairly small shrub, which usually does not exceed eighty centimeters in height, it can be found on any balcony.
Being a berry plant , during the spring and summer period it is bare and covered with the typical deciduous leaves, while in the wintertypical red berries, very similar to those of holly. As advice for the cultivation of the butcher’s broom we give you that of leaving it in a rather shady and dark place , but it is not necessary to withdraw it indoors for the winter given its resistance to cold.
