Autumn flowers on the balconyis a great way to enjoy the beautiful colors offered by nature before the winter comes. If you do not want your balcony in autumn to be filled with emptiness and gray, get to know the bestautumn flowers for the balconyand learn how to care for them so that we enjoy their colorful inflorescences for as long as possible.
Autumn flowers on the balcony bloom with intense colors for a long time
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With the end of summer, most balconies and terraces also disappear the beautiful, multi-colored flowers that decorated these places throughout the summer.It gets gray-drab with the arrival of the first autumn days. Each of us wants to keep a bit of summer atmosphere in our surroundings as long as possible in such moments. Is it possible then thatalso in autumn your balcony or terrace could attract the eye with beautiful colors , making the autumn days more pleasant? "
Of course you do!It is enough to plant autumn flowers on the balcony.
Apart from flowers, your balcony can also be decorated with colorful fruits of some plants and leaves that change color during this period . You should also not forget about the multi-colored miniature forms of conifers, which will be a wonderfulbackground for plants blooming in autumnThis way we will create a wonderful autumn garden on the balcony.
Autumn flowers for the balcony
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The most popular autumn flowering plants suitable for balcony boxes and pots are asters, gilding and heather. Get to know the bestautumn flowers for balcony .
Autumn asters for balcony
Astersare perennial plants that can winter in the ground. Among them there are spring-flowering species and summer-flowering species, but the most interesting and popular group areautumn asters , whose flowers can delight with colors ranging from pink, through lilac, purple, to blue. Most autumn asters begin flowering as early as August and finish flowering in September. However, there are also those whose flowers can be admired until the end of November.
Autumn flowers for the balcony
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Autumn asters can be divided into large- and small-flowered asters. Among the large-flowered aster, bush aster, New England aster and New-Belgium aster are very popular. On the other hand, among small-flowered asters, it is worth mentioning the heather-leaved asters, with highly branched stems and covered with short hair cutter.
Autumn flowers for the balcony
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Asters require fertile, well-drained and moderately moist soil. The site should be well sunny. When growing asters on the balcony, remember that their root stumps are sensitive to overdrying, so regularly water the containers with plants. The excess water should drain away through the holes in the bottom of the pot.
potted chrysanthemums for the balcony
Another popularautumn flowers for balconyare gilding, popularly known as chrysanthemums. They owe their popularity mainly to the use of decorating graves on All Saints' Day. However, they can also wonderfully decorate your balcony or terrace. Here you can also find both large-flowered and small-flowered plants with flower baskets in various colors (white, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple and others).
Chrysanthemums for the autumn balcony
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It is important, however, to choose potted varieties for cultivation on the balcony (apart from them there are also bedding varieties and for cut flowers) that will not grow too large. While most potted chrysanthemums are treated with chemicals that inhibit their growth, you can find plants that are suitable for amateur container cultivation, such as the Chinese 'Charm' hybrids that bloom from mid-fall through to early winter.
Chrysanthemums for the autumn balcony
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Remember, however, that the gilding on the balcony will not survive the cold winter. Before frost sets in, place the chrysanthemum pots in a cool, frost-free room (e.g. a cellar), preferably around 5 ° C. Water them infrequently throughout the winter, with a small amount of water.Then, in spring, they will be able to return to your balcony or terrace.
Heathers for the autumn balcony
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Blooming heathers on the balcony in autumn
Durable, perennial compositions decorating balcony boxes can be created usingheatherThese plants will successfully survive the winter on the balcony, as long as the walls of the box are properly protected against frost (e.g. by covering with polystyrene). In the case of these plants, you also do not have to worry that they will grow too large for a balcony box - both heathers and heathers are evergreen shrubs not exceeding 40 cm in height. However, only heathers bloom in the fall. If the composition is also to be decorative in spring, then together with the heathers, use the spring-flowering heaths.
Other decorative balcony flowers in autumn
In addition to the above-mentioned traditional and popular autumn-flowering plants, you can also search for less known specimens, such as e.g. hebe , which has been gaining more and more sympathy among amateur gardeners recently. Hebe is an evergreen, compact, bushy plant, reaching a height of 30 cm. Creates dense clusters of purple or white flowers that emerge with the onset of autumn and can remain on the plant for quite a long time.
Balcony composition withautumn-blooming perennialscan also be supplemented with annuals, blooming at this date. Celosia deserve special attention, creating extremely attractive plume-shaped or cock-shaped inflorescences. These unusual inflorescences arouse admiration among people who have not known this plant so far. Celosia blooms already in summer, but the inflorescences may persist in October.
Autumn flowers for the balcony
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Background for floral compositions, apart from miniature conifers, can also be created by low ornamental grasses (e.g. some varieties of calamus or sedges).
