Plants that Flower in October

The garden is lit up like a torch as as the leaves turn fiery shades, but there are still flowers to be had too. The ornamental grasses are often at their best now, but if you want something a little more exotic, try a nerine.

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Yes (482)

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Dahlia (Division 3) Collerette (11)
Dahlia (Division 4) Waterlily (3)
Dahlia (Division 5) Decorative (68)
Dahlia (Division 6) Ball (14)
Dahlia (Division 7) Pompon (4)
Dahlia (Division 8) Cactus (9)
Dahlia (Division 9) Semi cactus (9)

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April (27)
May (45)
June (14)
July (3)
August (3)
September (23)
October (14)

Vegetable harvesting month

July (1)
August (2)
September (2)
October (1)

Vegetable groups

Legumes (1)
Other cooking vegetables (1)
Root vegetables (1)

Multibuy packs

6 packs (1)
Multibuy offers (338)
Selected offers (13)

Ready made borders

Ready-made border Autumn colour (10)
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Ready-made border Bee and Butterfly (3)
Ready-made border Blending purples (1)
Ready-made border Blue and silver (2)
Ready-made border Brilliant orange (4)
Ready-made border Budget (7)
Ready-made border Chalky soil (4)
Ready-made border Clay soil (1)
Ready-made border Cool grasses and hot exotics (2)
Ready-made border Cool shade (1)
Ready-made border Cottage garden scheme (2)
Ready-made border Dry Mediterranean (4)
Ready-made border Fiery summer (3)
Ready-made border Flowers for pollinators (2)
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Ready-made border Sandy soil (2)
Ready-made border Shades of pink (3)
Ready-made border Smoky (1)
Ready-made border Steamy jungle (1)
Ready-made border Summer savanna (1)
Ready-made border Sun lovers (2)

Planting combinations

Acid shade plant combination (1)
Acid sun plant combination (2)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination (2)
Agastache and Echinops plant combination (1)
Agastache and Helenium plant combination (1)
Cool tones plant combination (2)
Create a praire plant combination (2)
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Edible flower seed combination (1)
Evergreen groundcover plant combination (1)
Featured combinations (3)
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Green and white plant combination (1)
Henry Agg Dog friendly plants (3)
Inula and Persicaria plant combination (1)
Less is more plant combination (1)
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Low maintenance gems plant combination (4)
Moisture plant combination (1)
Persicaria and Echinacea plant combination (1)
Pink and purple long-flowering plant combination (1)
Pinks and purples plant combination (1)
Purple and gold plant combination (2)
Red and orange plant combination (2)
Rich tones slug resistant plant combination (1)
Sedum and Aster plant combination (2)
Shady clay plant combination (3)
Slug resistant plant combination (1)
Spires and spots plant combination (2)
Stars of the show plant combination (1)
Sunny chalk plant combination (1)
Sunny clay plant combination (1)
The Highgrove Kitchen Garden Collection (6)
Vibrant colour for bees plant combination (1)
Vibrant colour seed combination (8)
White flowering seed combination (9)
Year round groundcover plant combination (2)
Yellow and gold plant combination (2)

Hardy

No (247)
Semi (328)
Yes (284)

Leaf colour

Blue (6)
Bronze (21)
Green (760)
Purple (20)
Red (4)
Silver (9)
Variegated (19)
Yellow (5)

Ground cover

No (541)
Yes (98)

Position

Arches & pergolas (5)
Back of border (89)
Bottom of hedges (6)
Conservatories (29)
Covering eyesores (11)
Front of border (331)
Middle of border (317)
Next to a patio (196)
Next to a pond (18)
Next to an entrance (162)
Next to seating areas (211)
Steep banks (40)
Through hedges (15)
Walls & fences (26)

Shape

Ball (5)
Bushy (4)
Columnar (1)
Fountain (10)
Hummock (2)
Lollipop (1)
Spreading (2)

Soil moisture

Damp (27)
Dry/Sandy (172)
Normal (754)
Red (1)

Used at Chelsea

2001 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2002 - HRH The Prince of Wales - Laurent-Perrier (3)
2003 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2005 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2006 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2007 - Jinny Blom - Laurent-Perrier (4)
2008 - Arabella Lennox-Boyd - Daily Telegraph (1)
2009 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2009 - Ulf Nordfjell - Daily Telegraph (2)
2010 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (4)
2010 - Tom Stuart-Smith - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2011 - Cleve West - Daily Telegraph (7)
2012 - Arne Maynard - Laurent-Perrier (5)
2012 - Sarah Price - Daily Telegraph (1)
2013 - Christopher Bradley-Hole - Daily Telegraph (8)
2013 - Ulf Nordfjell - Laurent-Perrier (2)
2014 - Luciano Guibbilei - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2014 - Tommaso del Buono - Daily Telegraph (4)
2015 - Dan Pearson - Laurent-Perrier (1)
2015 - Marcus Barnett - Daily Telegraph (4)
2016 - Andy Sturgeon - Daily Telegraph (1)
2017 - James Basson - M & G (1)
2018 - Sarah Price - M & G (2)
2018 Tom Stuart-Smith - Garfield Weston Foundation (2)
2019 - Andy Sturgeon - M & G (1)
2022 - Andy Sturgeon - Mind Garden / Crocus (5)
2023 - Sarah Price - Nurture Garden (6)
2024 - Tom Stuart-Smith - National Garden Scheme (2)
2024 - Ula Maria - Muscular Dystrophy (1)

Kitchen garden planting guidelines

Propagate in green house (23)
Suitable for compact container gardening (6)
Suitable for grow beds (31)
Suitable for large container gardening (31)
Suitable for window boxes (7)
Use cloche (25)

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Dahlia 'Nuit d'Eté'

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Dahlia 'Rip City'

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Dahlia 'Chat Noir'

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Dahlia 'Café au Lait'

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Dahlia 'Thomas A. Edison'

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Dahlia 'Jowey Winnie'

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Dahlia 'Waltzing Mathilda'

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Dahlia 'Totally Tangerine'

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Dahlia 'Evanah'

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Dahlia 'Verrone's Obsidian'

£4.31 - £28.78

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Dahlia 'Bayou' (PBR)

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Dahlia 'Silver Years'

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Dahlia 'French Cancan'

£4.31 - £28.78

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Dahlia 'Burlesca'

£4.31 - £10.20

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Dahlia 'Akita'

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Dahlia 'Sweet Suzanne'

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Dahlia 'Otto's Thrill'

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Dahlia 'Gipsy Night'

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Dahlia 'Bishop of Canterbury' (PBR)

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Dahlia 'Nathalie G'

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Dahlia 'Omega'

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Dahlia 'Salmon Runner'

£4.39 - £9.60

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Dahlia 'Oleda'

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Dahlia 'Pepita Pink'

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