What Red Flowers Are in October?

Annuals

• New Look is a feather celosia cultivar that garners second looks from passersby. The annual blooms from June right up until the first frost. The flowers resemble red-feathered plumes and the foliage is a purple-bronze shade. Different types of zinnias, purslane and garden balsam are annuals that deliver red flowers for October. Cosmos come in red forms, and these warm-weather annuals continue to bloom into October.

Perennials

• The dark-red flowers of the Yobra chrysanthemum cultivar bloom in September and last into October. This perennial is suitable for borders and containers from zones 5 through 9. Garnet Brocade is a hybrid stonecrop, known for red flowers from August through October. It survives from zones 3 through 9, and it grows to 14 inches. Perennials such as a variety of sages, marvel of Peru and an assortment of begonias will also provide your garden with red blooms in October.

Deciduous Shrubs

• A species of red-flowered shrub rose is available for landscapes from zone 3 through zone 9. Among the types of cold-hardy shrub roses is the hybrid rugosa rose, a species with red cultivars such as Morten and Mrs. Anthony Waterer. Julie Ann and Red Scentsation are miniature rose shrubs that bloom during October and produce red flowers. Betty Boop is a floribunda rose that grows to 5 feet, flowering into October. Mohonk Red is a witch hazel cultivar with red, rather than yellow, flowers. It grows to 20 feet, and it does not begin blooming until your calendar hits October.

Others

• A broadleaf evergreen shrub that blooms from October into December in zones 8 through 10 is the Crimson Robe cultivar of camellia. It grows in partial shade and is suitable for such uses as being part of a woodland garden or a shrub border. The crimson flag lily is an African lily, growing from bulbs in damp ground. It loves sunny sites and blooms from August into October in zones 7 through 9, producing deep-red flowers. Serotina is a type of honeysuckle vine that grows as long as 20 feet. Still in bloom in October, the flowers are dark red on the outside, but yellow and white on the inside.