Transition Summer Window Boxes to Fall With Pumpkins

by Mary @ Home is Where the Boat Is

September and October are transition months in the garden in North Carolina. Pumpkins fill in the gaps in the window boxes by the Potting Shed, adding some interest and seasonal fall color!

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It’s starting to feel like fall here in North Carolina! Our daytime temperatures are in the 70s, dipping down to 40s and 50s at night. There’s nothing like the early morning nip in the air after a long summer of energy-zapping heat and humidity to energize you. I’m ready to pile on the blankets, pillows and cozy fall layers!

The window boxes are in transition with the summer annuals waning. The ornamental sweet potato vine is still growing, but looking a little worn and ragged.

I added some pumpkins and ornamental kale to the window boxes, tucking them in around the last of the summer annuals. . .pentas, angelonia that’s waning, and coleus that’s still growing strong with its vibrant red leaves.

I hung some Indian corn on the corners of the window boxes. . . I’m guessing it will take the squirrels about 30 minutes to find it. :)

A pot of two-tone mums helps make the transition to fall, blending the purples and brighter colors of summer with the burnished and deeper hues of fall.