Living in a cold place? Gardeners can still plant flowers anyway with various yearly long, persistent seeds set in autumn. Cut to six months later as spring arrives, those seeds sprout to grow the new flowers. Some plants will thrive, but others won’t because the plant is too time demanding or takes up too much water and minerals needed to grow.

To start with, a planter must know their exact climate zone, from east to west, where it varies. On the seed pack, it should say which zone it is safe to grow them in. When a list of eligible plants is made, choose which plants are desired to look its best in the garden or patio. If the seeds are placed in a pot, put a heat shield over the soil and take it inside during the winter; place it outside again when spring arrives.

Here are some options:

Alyssum (many species)

Bachelor Buttons / Cornflower Centaurea cyanus

Bee Balm Monarda (Buy Here To Support our website)

Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia  (Buy Here To Support our website) 

Blanket Flower Gaillardia

Blue Flax Linum perenne lewisii

Calendula Calendula (Buy Here To Support our website)

Columbine Aquilegea

Coneflower Echinacea (Buy Here To Support our website)

Coreopsis Coreopsis

Cosmos Cosmos (Buy Here To Support our website) 

Cupid’s Dart Catananche caerulea

Daisy, Painted Chrysanthemum coccineum

Delphinium

Flax Linum grandiflorum

Foxglove Digitalis (Buy Here To Support our website) 

Larkspur Consolida Love-In-A-Mist Nigella damascena

Lobelia Lobelia

Lavender Lavandula

Lady’s Mantle Alchemilla

Milkweed Asclepias

Nasturtium Tropaeolum

Pansy Viola

Penstemon Penestemon

Pincushion Flowers Scabiosa (Buy Here To Support our website) 

Pinkball Thrift Ameria Formosa

Poppy Papaveraceae

Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera

Rose Campion Silene

Snapdragons Antirrhinum

Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus (Buy Here To Support our website) 

Sweet William Dianthus

Virginia Stocks Matthiola maritima

Wallflower Cheiranthus cheiri (Buy Here To Support our website) 

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So, what seeds can be grown in the fall? The Godetia grandiflora are colorful flowers, chamomile and calendula can be converted into medicine, and carnations are of deep purple that blend in with the cooler climates. Gypsophila paniculata, or Baby’s Breath, are small flowers that can be planted in the winter, and gypsophila, a relative of Baby’s Breath, is 365-flower – it can be planted in the middle of the summer and outside when it is frosty. Other fall flowers include aquilegia, foxglove, cornflower (red ball), and linaria. They are easy to grow and full of color and texture from top to bottom.

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