Late Fall

What Blooms in November

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November blooms exist mainly in zone 7 and warmer, and they feel like a gift. Camellias open from late October through January in the Southeast, producing flowers that have no business existing in cold weather. Witch hazel holds its spidery blooms through November and into December. A few brave chrysanthemums persist past the first frost. In colder zones, this month belongs to structure: ornamental grasses, seed heads, and the architecture of bare branches.

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Annual Vinca

Glossy-leaved heat champion (botanically unrelated to true Vinca minor) that blooms through humidity that wilts everything else.

Pentas

Star-shaped flower clusters that hummingbirds and butterflies hit on every pass. Blooms nonstop in heat that stops impatiens cold.

Sedum

PerennialAug-Nov

Succulent leaves, tough as nails. Ages to deep crimson in autumn.

Aster

PerennialAug-Nov

The grand finale of the garden season. Essential for fall pollinators.

Chrysanthemum

PerennialSep-Nov

The fall icon. Mounds of color when everything else is fading.

Fountain Grass

Arching, bottlebrush plumes that catch the light. Movement in the garden.

Miscanthus

Tall, graceful plumes that persist through winter. Living architecture.

Native Witch Hazel

Native Witch Hazel

Spidery yellow flowers and intoxicating clove fragrance on bare branches in late fall. The last native shrub to bloom each year.

Pink Muhly Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

Billowing pink seed clouds float over fine foliage in autumn and remain attractive dried.

Cassia

Showers of bright golden flowers cover the shrub in fall when little else is blooming. Sulphur cassia, a butterfly host plant that lights up the autumn.

Firespike

Tall spires of brilliant scarlet tubular flowers light up the fall garden. Hummingbird candy that thrives in the heat and humidity of the Gulf South.

Lantana

PerennialMay-Nov

Multi-colored flower clusters that bloom relentlessly in brutal heat.

Sweet Olive

Small clustered flowers perfume the garden with an apricot-like scent over a long season.

Turk's Cap

PerennialJun-Nov

Nodding red hibiscus flowers that never fully open are pure hummingbird candy across the Gulf South.

Bougainvillea

Explosive cascades of papery magenta, hot pink, or coral bracts that smother walls, fences, and pergolas with nonstop color from spring through fall in zones 9 to 11.

Camellia

Glossy evergreen with rose-like blooms in the depths of winter.

Cape Honeysuckle

Cape Honeysuckle

Clusters of vivid orange-red trumpets bloom from fall through spring. Evergreen in mild climates and a hummingbird magnet in every month it flowers.

Hawaiian Hibiscus

Hawaiian Hibiscus

Large tropical blooms in vivid colors appear repeatedly from spring through fall.

Meyer Lemon

Sweetly scented white blossoms appear intermittently year-round and set thin-skinned lemons.

Plumbago

Sky-blue phlox-like clusters bloom nonstop in warm climates. The blue flower that thrives where most blues melt in summer heat.

Pride of Barbados

Pride of Barbados

Flame-orange and yellow flower clusters that hummingbirds and swallowtails cannot resist. Thrives on heat, dies back at frost, returns every spring.

Yellow Bells

Clusters of bright yellow trumpet flowers bloom for months in the heat. Southwest staple that takes drought and reflected heat without flinching.

Bird of Paradise

PerennialMar-Dec

Bird of Paradise

Sculptural, crane-like flowers in orange and blue. Unmistakable.

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