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4. Butterscotch Beauty
Purple ‘Midnight Fire’ ornamental peppers and cool blue-purple ‘Peacock Red’ kale help set off the butterscotch-colored foliage of a ruffled coral bells (Heuchera sp.) in this fall container design by Stephanie Town of Garden Stories. For more textural interest, the designer added dried dogwood stems, clips of bittersweet berries and wispy Red Rooster sedge (Carex buchananii ‘Red Rooster’).
To transition the container from fall to winter, Town says: “I would transplant the Coral Bells and kale into the bed somewhere. This particular client loves red and a bit of ‘bling,’ so I’ll add spruce tips, red glitter lotus pods and bright red ‘Cardinal’ dogwood, with a skirting of white pine and pepperberry.”
Water requirement: Moderate (watered by hand two to three times a week)
Light requirement: Full sun
Note: Oriental bittersweet can be invasive; American bittersweet is a good substitute. Both species are toxic.
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Window boxes offer another opportunity to bring fall color up close. In this festive design by Garden Stories, a mix of brightly colored perennials, strappy grasses and interesting dried elements looks lovely from both inside and outside the house. Plants and dried ingredients include ‘Indian Summer’ rudbeckia (Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’, zones 3 to 7), Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra, zones 5 to 9), ‘Red Rooster’ leatherleaf sedge (Carex buchananii ‘Red Rooster’, zones 6 to 9), ‘Sombrero Hot Coral’ echinacea (Echinacea x hybrida ‘Sombrero Hot Coral’, zones 4 to 9), croton (Codiaeum variegatum, zones 9 to 12), sugar pine cones and miniature lotus pods.
Water requirement: Regular
Light requirement: Full sun