It's October and officially autumn. The days are getting shorter, and the leaves are changing colour. At Lakeside you'll find many beautiful pots, planters, plants, berry bushes, and spring bulbs to enjoy in the coming months. So, brighten up your patio and balcony with pots and containers full of autumn blooms and evergreens. You can also place them outside your front door, on the windowsill, or on the garden or balcony table.
Time to plant spring bulbs!
And while you're at it, take advantage of Lakeside's 25% off all Taylors bulbs offer and plant some daffodils, mini tulips, hyacinths or crocuses in your pots and containers. You'll enjoy them early in the new year and being doing a favour to bees and bumble bees because these spring blooms offer them a much-needed (and scarce) source of food at that time. And with wintergreen berry bushes, you'll also attract birds to your garden, rooftop terrace, or balcony.
Top 5 autumn blooms for pots and containers
- Aster (Aster tradescantii)
- Chrysanthemums
- Heather (Calluna - late Autumn / Erica - late winter/early spring)
- Winter pansies
- Viola
Top 5 evergreen berry bushes for terrace and balcony
- Gaultheria
- Pernettya
- Skimmia
- Cotoneaster
- Holly
Beautiful combinations for a pot or container
Combine the above-mentioned top picks from Lakeside's with plants, bushes, and ornamental grasses with variegated, wintergreen, or beautifully changing autumn leaves. Such as:
- Trailing, wintergreen ivy
- Sedum/Ajuga - hardy, long-lived and reliable
- Wintergreen dwarf conifers
- Small ornamental grasses, like blue sheep's fescue, black Japanese snake grass, bronze sedge (Carex), and feather grass (Stipa tenuissima)
- The silver bush (Calocephalus brownii) with quirky, silvery-grey branches that almost glow in the dark
- Heuchera has beautiful leaves in a wide range of colours, from lime green or caramel to almost black. In mild winters, the leaves stay fresh on the plant
- Euonymus dwarf varieties adds natural beauty
Practical tips for planting and potting
When creating your cheerful autumn pots and containers, check if the plants prefer a sunny or more shaded spot and don't let your pots dry out. To prevent your plants from drowning in excess rain and the roots (and spring bulbs!) from rotting, it's important to create holes in your pots' and containers' bottoms or place all your pots on pot feet. Put a layer of pot shards and/or hydro granules on the bottom. Additionally, choose pots and containers that are frost-resistant.
More autumn
Make your balcony or rooftop terrace extra cosy with a collection of decorative gourds, pumpkins, sturdy candles in lanterns or lantern holders, garden lighting, or a beautiful bird feeder dish or silo. We have plenty of these, as well as various spring bulbs on sale at Lakeside.
