Fall flowers brighten up your garden and yard during ... “Keep phlox watered during hot spells, and if you live in an area with high humidity, you may spot powdery mildew,” Stuppiello says.

Designing a fall flower garden allows you to showcase a stunning array of colors and textures that stand out beautifully against the backdrop of changing foliage and the first hints of frost.

produces tall stems that reach three feet high and sit topped with flat clusters packed full of small flower blooms.

“Check that it’s reaching all different parts of the beds as well as the lawn,” Guckian advises, and see that new plants and flowers get a good soaking a couple times each week. Early fall ...