10 Best Plants for Fall

Senior Writer Steve Bender (aka The Grumpy Gardener) reveals ten brilliant plants to bring joy to your garden this fall.

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Try planting one of these winter greens.

Lettuce: ‘Bibb’ (green butterhead type), ‘Oak Leaf’ (green loose-leaf), ‘Red Sails’ (red loose-leaf)

Mustard: ‘Red Giant’ (reddish-purple leaves), ‘Savannah’ (large, deep green leaves)

Kale: ‘Lacinato’ (dark green, curly leaves, very cold-hardy), ‘Redbor’ (pictured; crinkly, deep red leaves), ‘Red Russian’ (smooth, gray-green leaves with purple veins, delicious!), ‘Winterbor’ (crinkly, blue-green leaves)

Collards: ‘Champion’ (dark blue-green leaves, very cold-hardy), ‘Georgia Southern’ (deep green leaves, very cold-hardy and productive)


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