20 Gorgeous Fall Hanging Basket Ideas

Ignite your autumn scenery with sizzling shades of red and gold by hanging baskets of Cool Wave Fire pansies. This newcomer to the Cool Wave pansy line-up celebrates the season with classic fall hues. Cool Wave pansies naturally cascade and trail over basket edges, creating a lush, bloom-a-licious look. Expect these pansies to survive fall frosts with ease, gracing your home with living color until you’re ready for some ho-ho-holiday plantings. In warmer zones, shift these trailing pansies from baskets to garden beds, and you'll have flowers all winter long.

Count on snapdragon to keep the flowers coming. These cool-season bloomers grow best in sweater weather: nights in the 40s and days below 70°F. Candy Showers Rose snapdragon is a naturally cascading type — an ideal candidate for hanging baskets where its flower-covered stems can trail and tumble freely. Expect snapdragon baskets to survive winter in Zones 8 and warmer (they may or may not keep blooming through a Zone 7 winter, depending on how low temps go).

Give your autumn hanging baskets staying power with the one-two punch of flowering cyclamen and needle grass. This plant partnership weaves a textural tapestry that’s as brilliant as it is beautiful. Why? Because both plants hold their own through early fall frosts to keep the show going strong. Cyclamen thrives to 23°F while needle grass keeps its good looks right up to the first snow. This needle grass variety is Stipa lessingiana 'Capriccio' — a smaller version adapted for containers.

For show-stopping color, nothing beats hanging baskets overflowing with garden mums. These autumn icons stage a flower show that will make you smile all the way to Thanksgiving in warmer regions. Flowers brown with hard frosts, so in northerly zones, it’s best to get your chrysanthemum baskets up as soon as you see them for sale. Choose a flower color that complements your home’s exterior for an eye-pleasing scene.