![]() ![]() Lettuce greens keep growing continually, so you can graze on them throughout the season. Blend them into smoothies, or cook up some spinach and make a pan of spanakopita, and you’ve got an instant vitamin boost that will give you Popeye levels of energy. Lettuce Greens: Even if you’re not huge on salads, there are so many things you can make with lettuce greens. Buying a starter plant will save you tons of waiting time, so you can get started on cooking up some tasty broccoli cheese soup or beef and broccoli stir fry for those chilly nights at home. If we happen to have an unexpected cold spell and some frost hits, toss a blanket or tarp on your broccoli overnight so it doesn’t sustain too much damage. The cold winter months often have us reaching for heavy comfort foods, but just one bite of fresh, garden-grown produce can have some impressive restorative (and immune-boosting!) powers.īroccoli: This veggie is very cold hardy, so you should be able to grow it all winter long. If you haven’t started edible gardening yet, seriously, what are you waiting for? Now is the perfect time to grow all kinds of different tasty veggies and herbs, and there’s nothing more satisfying than eating a meal made with ingredients you grew yourself. The seed heads that appear in late fall and winter are also a favorable snack among some of our local birds, so some visitors may fly into your garden over the holidays!įall Herbs And Vegetables For Fresh Produce All Winter This flowering succulent has lime green foliage and dusty pink clusters of blossoms that transition to a warmer coppery tone as the season progresses. Full sun, regular watering, and some occasional deadheading will help keep these bad boys looking as fresh as ever.Īutumn Joy Sedum: For a reliable groundcover that fills up all the gaps in your landscape design, opt for autumn joy sedum. So long as they get full to partial sun, these gorgeous fall bloomers are low-maintenance and easy to please.Ĭhrysanthemums: Would it even be a fall garden without this quintessential fall blooming flower? With so many varieties to choose from, you’ll never grow tired of this autumn staple. Here’s just a handful of our very favorite fall plants in Houston:īlue Plumbagos: These drought-tolerant flowers put on quite the spectacle, transitioning from blue to deep violet as the season progresses. Their consistent re-growth allows for less labor in the garden for years to come, so if you have some fall favorites that you don’t mind seeing year after year, it’s definitely worth planting some. On the flipside, perennials provide some benefits that annuals don’t. Pop them in some vases around your house, and their delicate scent will be oh-so-dreamy. The floral aroma of sweet peas is so intoxicating, we recommend cutting a few early in the morning after their flowers have opened, but the sun hasn’t yet dried them out. Their seeds are pretty hard, so scratching them up a bit before planting them will help them to soak up more water and germinate quicker. ![]() Sweet Peas: You can either transplant some sweet peas directly into the ground for fall blooms or direct seed them for an early spring bloom. Pansies come in so many different colors and can complement any landscape. Pansies: For a flowering annual that’s super low-maintenance, look no further than these beauties! There is nothing prettier than a mass planting of these winter gems. Containers, rock gardens, pond borders, wherever-this hardy plant will thrive beautifully, so long as it gets lots of water. ![]() The deep indigo blossoms are seriously swoon-worthy and so easy to grow. Lobelia: If you’re as hopelessly in love with jewel tones as we are, you’ve gotta plant some lobelia. We love the vibrant array of colors for fall-they complement the warm fall foliage so perfectly, and they’re total hummingbird magnets! If we experience wintery weather, an insulated frost blanket will protect them. Snapdragons: These tall, colorful stalks of flowers are actually considered tender perennials, so if we have a super mild winter, they make it straight through until late Spring. Step aside Joanna Gaines-there’s a new designer in town about to make a fall garden so spectacular, the HGTV producers will be handing out TV show contracts like Halloween candy! Your options are limitless, and it’s so satisfying to plan and execute a fabulous design scheme that’s all your own. After a summer full of bright, exotic tropical annuals in electric shades of pink and orange, now we can cool it down a bit with some rich jewel toned flowers, or amp up the golden glow of the changing leaves by complementing them with a garden full of warm, fiery shades. We’re kinda obsessed with annuals because even though you have to replant them each year, it gives you so much freedom to experiment with different color palettes and textures. ![]()
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