It's always a little bit depressing when you find that summer has very quickly vanished and the beautiful leaves are starting to fall from your garden plants. However, you can still find beautiful garden flowers to plant this Autumn, and hopefully the list below will inspire you to carry on gardening.

1. Sneezeweed - Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'
   Orange shimmering daisies with brown velvet centres lift the border. Loved by bees and butterflies.
   Flowering Period; July-October
   Height; 1m.


2. Michalmas Daisy - Aster x frikartii 'Monch'
   Lavender-blue dairy-like flowers with dark green leaves. Best grown in full sunlight.
   Flowering Period; August-September
   Height; 90cm.


3. Stonecrop - Sedum telephium 'Purple Emperor'
   Ruby-red flower heads with crimped, chocolate-purple foliage. Loved by bees and butterflies
   Flowering Period; August-October
   Height; 50cm.


4. Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'Daisy-like flower with lemon-yellow petals. Ideal for novice gardeners.
   Flowering Period; July-September
   Height; 1.75m.


5. Verbena - Verbena Rigida
   Low growing, bright purple flowers. Stays in flower for months.
   Flowering Period; June-September
   Height; 30cm.


6. Black-Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia Fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
   Golden yellow flowers with black/brown centre. Long-lasting cut-flowers.
   Flowering Period; August-October
   Height; 90cm.


7. Aster 'Little Carlow'Sprays of small lavender-blue daisies with bright yellow centres. Adds a splash of colour to gardens.
   Flowering Period; August-October
   Height; 1.2m.


8. Chinese Plumbago - Ceratostigma Willmottianum
   Disc-shaped vivid blue flowers with leaves that turn a dark red in autumn.
   Flowering Period; August-October
   Height; 90cm.


9. Smoke Bush - Cotinus Coggygria 'Royal Purple'
   Wine-red lollipop leaves fleck with shocking pink in colder weather. At its best when pruned in March.
   Flowering Period; July-August
   Height; 5m.


10. Japanese Anemone - Anemone X Hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
    Classic Japanese anemone with single white flowers bossed in gold with dark green foliage.
    Flowering Period; August-October
    Height; 1.2m.