Specialty Gardening: Fall flower fillers?, 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Hi wrightie,
I'm sorry to hear you're stuck in bed for awhile. I hope it's not serious and wish you a speedy recovery.
BTW I do leave as many plants that provide seeds for the birds in place as possible. It is a whole different look, the bursts of fall color and dried seed heads, but beautiful in it's own way.

Another plant I use for fall color is Allium thubergii Ozawa. It forms a grassy clump that blooms small rosy flowers in the fall, some where in late Sept. to late Oct. It contrasts in shape nicely with the small Pansies as a edging.
I thought of the allium when you mentioned the garlic chives critter. I'm not the biggest fan of those chives because for me they always seed somewhere I don't want them, and they are rooted so deep, and the stalks are slippery and hard to pull. Pretty though, if you can keep up with the deadheading as you mention.
The photo is from last fall showing the Ozawa with the variegated leaves of the nasturtium Alaska.
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