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Fall decorations and fall flowers at Wasco Nursery in St. Charles, Illinois. Garden mums in white, red, bronze, hot pink, yellow, and purple, plus straw bales.
Fall decorations start with mums. Our garden mums come in white, red, bronze, hot pink, yellow, and purple, so a porch can hold one clean color or mix them. Mum color reads from the street. That is what a front step needs in fall.
Group mums in odd numbers on the steps. Repeat one color at the entry and along the walk so the front of the house reads as planned, not collected. A straw bale adds height and gives the group a base. The Mumkin Planter and the Confetti Mum are part of this collection.
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The garden mums are Celestial White, Danielle Red, Fireglow Bronze, Debbie Hot Pink, Sunrise Yellow, and Lagoon Purple. Mums are a nursery crop. Browse the lineup now and plan the porch before the season starts.
Celestial White Garden MumChrysanthemum 'Celestial White'
Confetti Mum$36.99
Danielle Red Garden MumChrysanthemum 'Danielle Red'
Debbie Hot Pink Garden MumChrysanthemum 'Debbie Hot Pink'
Fireglow Bronze Garden MumChrysanthemum 'Fireglow Bronze'
Lagoon Purple Garden MumChrysanthemum 'Lagoon Purple'
Mumkin Planter$36.99
Straw Bale$9.99 to $12.99
Sunrise Yellow Garden MumChrysanthemum 'Sunrise Yellow'
Fall Decorations and Garden Mums in the Fox Valley
Autumn on a Northern Illinois porch runs on three things: hardy garden mums, something to stack them on, and a container that ties it together. We stock mums in the colors that actually read from the street, plus straw bales and planters to stage them. Mums take an early frost in stride, which is what makes them work here.
Custom containers
Our designers plant your urns for autumn and swap them again for winter.
Pottery
Containers and statuary at the garden center.
Holiday decorations
What replaces the mums once the season turns toward December.
Choosing garden mums that hold their color
Buy mums in tight bud, not in full flower. A plant already blooming wide has spent most of its show at the store. Colors carry different distances: Sunrise Yellow Garden Mum and Fireglow Bronze Garden Mum read from the curb, Celestial White Garden Mum lifts a dark entry at dusk, and Danielle Red Garden Mum, Debbie Hot Pink Garden Mum, and Lagoon Purple Garden Mum hold up better against brick than against warm siding. Confetti Mum mixes tones in a single plant when you want one pot to do all the work. Mums drink hard in September sun, so check the soil daily and water at the base rather than over the flowers. Our guide to fall mums covers types and longevity in more depth.
Staging the display
Build in layers instead of lining pots up in a row. A Straw Bale gives you height and a place to set a plant at eye level, and the Mumkin Planter drops a mum into a pumpkin shape without carving anything that rots by October. Odd numbers look intentional, even numbers look like leftovers. Group a tall pot, a bale, and a low bowl for a display that holds up in wind off an open lot. If you would rather hand it off, our container service plants your urns and you keep the containers year after year. Start with the container design form.
What happens to fall mums after the display
Garden mums are perennials, but survival here depends on when they go in the ground. A mum planted in early fall with time to root has a real chance of returning. One that sits in a pot on a porch until November almost never makes it, because the roots never left the potting soil. If you want mums back next season, plant them early and mulch them, and leave the stems standing through winter. See when and how to plant mums, and pair them with perennials using our fall planting guide.
Common questions
Fall decorating questions
How often do potted mums need water?
Usually once a day while the weather is warm. Mums wilt fast and recover slowly, so push a finger into the soil each morning rather than waiting for droop.
Will my mums come back next year in Northern Illinois?
Only if you plant them in the ground early enough to root before the freeze. Hardy garden mums set in the soil in September often return. Mums left in decorative pots through November rarely do.
When should I put out fall decorations in St. Charles?
Late August through September. Mums arrive while the weather is still warm, and setting them out early gets you the full run of bloom instead of catching the tail of it in October.
Do mums survive a frost?
Garden mums shrug off a light frost and often look better after one. A hard freeze ends the flowers. Cover pots overnight if a sharp cold snap lands during peak bloom.
What else can I plant in a fall container with mums?
Ornamental grasses, kale, and evergreen accents. They carry the pot after the mums fade, which stretches the arrangement toward the holiday season instead of forcing a full replant.
Do you deliver fall and holiday items?
We deliver plant material and bulk goods through the growing season, and we run Christmas tree delivery and setup once that season opens. Call or text 630-584-4424 with your address to check we reach you.
Let us plant your fall containers
Bring your pots to the garden center or send us photos and measurements. We design seasonal containers for homes and businesses across St. Charles, and the same urns get replanted with evergreens when winter arrives.