While most gardeners are looking forward to seeing the leaves changing this season, a few are lucky enough to be in growing zones that have flowers in store for the first of the autumn months!
Many Perennials and a few shrubs rebloom in the fall, often flowering more if you’ve been deadheading religiously throughout the growing season. But either way, you will enjoy loads of blooms in this unlikely time of year!
Keep pollinators well-fed, support hummingbirds throughout their migration, and keep your vase bouquets brimming in blooms with fresh flowers by including these September flowering plants in your landscape!
September Flowering Plants For Northern Growing Zones
Cooler climates of USDA growing zones 2 to 7 are gearing up for the fall foliage display, but a few plants are just getting ready to flower a second time in the fall too!
September Flowering Trees
A few trees are gearing up for the fall with flowers or a rebloom! There’s nothing like seeing a typically spring-flowering tree in full bloom in the autumn.
- Autumn Blooming Cherry
- Some Native Witch Hazel are gearing up for flowering
September Flowering/Reblooming Shrubs
September is high time for reblooming flowering shrubs, and others that just aren’t ready to slow down until frost makes them in cooler climates! Why not have one of these new selections that not only blooms in spring but will also pump out another round of blooms in the new growth at this time of the year? Fantastic idea!
- Abelia Bushes are late summer bloomers with a fall rebloom
- Bluebeard Bushes are just coming into their glory
- Butterfly Bushes continue to bloom if you have been deadheading
- Clethra cultivars bloom from August and September depending on your climate
- Reblooming Azaleas - Bloom-A-Thon®, Encore®, and the Girard's Crimson Azalea
- Bloomerang® Lilacs and Flowerfesta® Lilacs have a fantastic rebloom this time of year
- Hydrangeas hold their flowers from earlier in the season and are starting to show great fall color, but some cultivars rebloom with new flowers to enjoy as well.
- Potentilla simply continues to produce a nice flower display
- Sonic Bloom® Reblooming Weigela and some of the older varieties have some nice blooms on the new growth from this season in September.
- Rose of Sharon bushes are at their peak flowering
- Roses continue to bloom especially if you have been deadheading so they can continue right up until frost.
- Spirea (S. japonica and Spirea x bumalda types) are fantastic rebloomers if you take the time to deadhead.
Temperatures and different climates will cause these reblooming plants to vary with their second flush of flowers. Remember to only prune these types of flowering shrubs immediately after they bloom in the spring because waiting too long will result in you taking off the second flush of flowers.
Perennials That Rebloom or Bloom In September
Many cool-climate perennials, like Asters and Sedum bloom at this time of year, while even more are continuing to rebloom if you’ve been regularly deadheading old blooms! Most of these are incredibly cold-hardy as well as many that handle warmer growing zones too!
Perennials That Flower In Fall
- Japanese Anemone (Windflower)
- Allium (Autumn Flowering)
- Asters
- Berry Timeless Coral Bells
- Bugbane
- Goldenrod
- Ice Plant
- Ironweed
- Milkweed
- Sedum
- Tuscan Sun Sunflower/Autumn Gold Willowleaf Sunflower
Perennials Reblooming or Still Flowering In Fall
- Anise Hyssop
- Black Eyed Susan
- Blanket Flower
- Catmint/Catnip
- Coneflowers
- Cup Plant
- Daylily
- Dianthus
- Geum
- Hardy Rozanne and Tiny Monster Geranium
- Hardy Hibiscus like the Luna series
- Lavender
- Liriope (Lilyturf)
- Tall Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- Red Hot Poker Plants
- Russian Sage
- Perennial Salvia
- Sea Holly
- Sneezeweed
- Spiderwort
- Veronica
- Yarrow
September Flowering Plants In Warm Growing Zones
Now that things are cooling off in parts of the Southern US, many plants are gearing up for a second spring. Many of these shrubs are broadleaf evergreens so you’ll enjoy a green backdrop to the fall flowers.
September Flowering/Reblooming Trees
Try a fall flowering tree, in addition to the above Cool Climate trees of which many will also grow in warmer climates.
- Crape Myrtle Trees
- Dwarf Strawberry Tree
- Franklin Tree
- Lemon Guava Tree
Shrubs That Bloom or Rebloom In September
In addition to the cooler growing zones Shrubs which are long blooming flowering ornamentals still going in September and fall blooming shrubs that grow in the frost-free climates are just getting going.
- Camellia
- Crape Myrtle still has colorful bracts
- Fragrant Tea Olive
- Fringe Flower
- Gardenias
- Gibraltar Bush Clover
- Gulf Tide Osmanthus
- Pink Breath of Heaven
- Pink Princess Escallonia
- Rock Rose
- Scarlet Bottlebrush
- Soft Caress Mahonia
Perennials For September Flowers
In addition to many of the Perennials for Cooler Climates that can grow in warmer growing zones, these Warm-Climate Perennials will show off this September!
- Agapanthus
- Canary Feathers Corydalis
- Coed Hebe
- Fortnight Lily
- Mexican Bush Sage
Showy Fall Flowering Vines
These vertically growing vines and flowering Vines take your September garden to new heights!
- Clematis continues to rebloom
- Honeysuckle Vines
- Sweet Autumn Clematis
- Trumpet Vines
- Vinca Vines (Periwinkle
Useable as both climbing ornamentals, these vines can also be great groundcover too!
Plants With Showy Seeds & Fruit
Great for a wide range of growing zones, plants that have showy fruit or seed displays Mix in these showy shrubs and plants that have showy features in September and beyond!
- Beautyberry - showy purple berries clustered at intervals along the entire stem
- Ornamental Grass has a showy fall color and seed heads
- Rugosa Roses with showy orange to red Rose Hips
- Seven Sons Tree - shows off with red bracts
Don’t forget to check out Fruit Trees that are ripening in September too!
Get A Double Dose Of Fall Color This September!
Fall foliage, fall seed displays, and bountiful fall flowers can be enjoyed this September to breathe a last gasp of the growing season before the frost in cooler climates or just gearing up for a second spring in hotter climates.
September flowering and reflowering trees, shrubs, and perennial plants will add that unexpected burst of color when you least expect it and need it most. Head over to NatureHills.com today and get the most out of your autumn with fall flowering and fall reblooming plants today!
Happy Planting!
