Flowers to plant in October?

[Mel]

Are there any flowers I could plant now (3 October) that would survive and look moderately pretty in a few months?

I live near Atlanta. The flowers would be in a big pot that would be in a screened-in porch on the south side of the house. They'd have at least a few hours of sun each day. Temps will occasionally get below freezing in December and January, so I could bring them inside on those days, if necessary.

Thanks for any info,

Mel

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

pansies?

Carl

[Cheryl Isaak]

Mums (with out regard to species name) or flowering cabbages or flowering kale.

Cheryl

[owen.nick]

I'm in Atlanta too and thinking of planting some Violas this year.

HTH,

Nick

-- Nick Owen

[Jangchub]

A lot.

Torenia pansies allysum mums ornamental kale petunias

I just planted my wildflower seeds a week ago. I planted California poppies, bluebonnets, larkspur, nigella and others. These come up every spring, but I still collect seed and put it out in the fall for spring.