Choose plants that have texture and color - particularly autumn shades Use fun Pots with Darker Hues or bright Rusts, Golds, etc Choose plants that are cold tolerant and/or frost hardy Mix and match annuals, perennials, grasses Add non-plant accents - Twigs, Sticks, Silks, Fall leaves, Pumpkins, Gourds Pansies will fl ower all Fall, Winter and Spring Plant in prepared beds- use peat moss-not compost Add bulbs underneath for 2-tiered spring blooming Water well for 2-3 weeks, then periodically as needed Good Fall plants Pansies Chrysanthemums Asters Flowering Kale & Cabbage Sedums Grasses Heuchera Dianthus Snaps Stock Herbs Osteospermum Petunias