Fall blooming plants and flowers
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Cher on Feb 06, 2014Sunflowers (many sizes and colors to choose from), asters, mums, coneflower, black eyed susans, coneflowers, fall anemones...I could go on and on :) Just google fall blooming flowers and you will get many to choose from.Helpful Reply
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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Feb 06, 2014You are in zone 5 and having blooming flowers that will spectacular the first year planted for an October wedding may not happen. When most places get flowers in they are blooming because blooming flowers sell. Your best bet and this is what I would do (and have done in the past for others when I was in the business), buy the blooming flowers the week before the wedding so there is no chance that any critter on 2 or 4 legs can trample or eat them and of course-mother nature throwing in a crazy weather pattern. What I would do is make friends with a garden center and make arrangements to have the store order them for the week before the wedding. Many places including big box stores get in flowers and plants in the late summer for fall and many nurseries around the country will have blooming plants in their greenhouses for sale for zones where seasons are longer. As Cher mentioned above, there are mums and asters that are fall blooming and the black eyed susans and coneflowers may be done by the first week of October (the ones in the ground). However, a store could get nice blooming plants in for you if available. You could also mix in large hostas among blooming flowers for impact too. You can make impact of color with potted mums everywhere and some mums can even look like daisies or buttons you have a wide variety of choices. If you can keep your hanging baskets of impatiens and petunias fertilized and going through October (by bringing them in at night), then you could use those too. I hope some of these ideas help.Helpful Reply
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Deb on Feb 06, 2014You could plant tons of Zinnia seeds and they should still be blooming at that time. There are so many types and colors available, it could really be striking.Helpful Reply
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Jeannine Carol on Feb 06, 2014October is a tough one. We were hit with an early freeze this year which wiped out a lot blooms. I have planted Zinnias from seed and they are beautiful. Cannas is another choice for height, along with some grasses as a backdrop. Plan in mums as well into the design. You can really make a an eye catching display with color choices there. Shaded areas can have hostas with striking leaf colors and Japanese Maple, Bloodgood, would be a nice accent. Good LuckHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Feb 07, 2014As other have indicated, October probably is pushing the envelope, but you could try chelone and both Lobelia siphilitica and Lobelia cardinals. All of these like moist, shady spots and bloom late, as does flat-topped aster, Doellingeria umbellata. Monskhood also likes shade and is the latest-blooming temperate perennial I know.Helpful Reply
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Julie on Feb 08, 2014Our son was just married this past Oct 28th. They had pumpkins along with fall flowers, like sunflowers, black-eyed Susan's, daisies etc. for decorations.Helpful Reply
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