I’m not ready to give up my garden for winter just yet. I know it’s exciting to see Halloween candy in the stores and think about holiday decorations, but I’m still stuck in summer. That’s why I’m continuing to add color to my fall garden, and you can too. Here are a few sure-fire annuals to keep your garden bright from now until frost (and in some cases, even after).

My friend Cynthia, who runs the popular 42nd Street Greenhouse in Salt Lake City, once advised me to plant as much salvia as possible. Since Cynthia is my flower guru, I listened. Red salvia attracts hummingbirds, shoots up in towers of flowers about a foot off the ground, and adds a bang to your garden.

One of the most unfairly underrated flowers, you should march yourself to a florist and ask for some stock right away and stick your nose in and smell it. I’ve been obsessed with stock ever since I worked in a florist’s at university. These upright flowers look like smaller, more compact versions of snapdragons, but they smell magical. They are single-flowered, meaning each plant produces one flower and pruning will only kill the plant. Enjoy the single bloom and then let it die.

Toss your dead petunias and replace them with similar but hardy pansies or violas. While pansies are around for a while, not for long, they add low-hanging splashes of purple, blue and yellow to your garden. I recommend keeping them in pots, planters and at the edges of your garden, otherwise they will get lost, but they look great as cascading plants.