My favorite fall plant is flowering kale. Its frilly leaves make it such a showy highlight in beds or pots. Yesterday I picked up a pot of them at our local produce stand. I selected lavender, but they are also available in rose, white and creamy yellow.
I decided to use mine on the front porch rather than putting it in the ground. The pot of vincas that lived out there all summer has been relocated to the back porch so that we can continue enjoying them.
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Since flowering kale lasts well into cold weather, it will be fine out there until I decorate for Christmas. In previous years, we've cut off the kale at the ground and floated the head in a shallow dish of water for a holiday table centerpiece, so that's an option down the road.
As the temperatures drop, the plant will stop making chlorophyll and then, of course, more of the rich colors will show. I look forward to seeing how it will change over the next few months!