Grab one of these 12-inch pots in fall and you'll have immediate color through the mild months ahead—a ready-made planting of cool-season varieties that thrive before the first hard freeze. No planning, no hunting for individual plants; it's all mixed in one pot.

If you want to break it up and scatter the pieces into beds or containers, go ahead. Leave it whole on a porch or patio and it works just as well. Either way, you get weeks of bloom without the setup.