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    Season of fire

    Jun 29, 2021 3 minutes

    PLAN ahead by getting orange plants in the ground now to brighten the garden when autumn falls. The colour of pumpkins and bonfires is the best hue to ignite the season. Orange berries, flowers and foliage are cheering under grey skies, and glow in the October sun.

    Dahlias can be bought ready-grown from garden centres and will bloom through late summer and autumn. ‘Bishop of Oxford’ has bright-marmalade single flowers and ‘Happy Halloween’ is a double dahlia with orange blooms.

    Nectar for bees and butterflies

    Other late-season border gems that will continue to flower into autumn include burnt-orange sneezeweeds

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