Hello and thank you for contacting Ask Extension.  I will try to answer your question but you did not tell me what you are looking to plant.  My response will be for vegetables but if you are looking for other plants (ie: ornamentals, native perennials, shrubs, trees) please reply to this email and I will do my best to assist you. 

Delaware's fall planting season is from August to September, and it's a good time to plant cool-season vegetables and flowers
Vegetables
Many cool-season vegetables, like broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, and spinach, do best when they mature in cooler weather. You can also     plant beets, which prefer cooler temperatures and well-drained sandy soil. Here are some tips for planting fall vegetables:
    Broccoli: Transplant broccoli by mid-August, or early September for a quality crop.
    Beets: Plant seeds 1–2 inches apart and 3–6 inches deep in moist, well-drained sandy soil with a pH between 6.5 and 7, when the soil     temperature is 50–85º F.
    Radishes: Plant radish seeds in containers 4–6 weeks before the first frost.
    Spinach: Fall-planted spinach can survive the winter and be harvested in early spring.
Flowers
    Flowers like alyssum, marigolds, nasturtium, and sunflowers can attract bees, birds, and other helpful insects

I've also attached a planting guide for a few vegetable plants.  We are zone 7b, you can also Google "Delaware When to plant vegetables/perennials/shrubs/trees" for immediate information. 

Good luck and HAPPY GARDENING!!
J.W. Wistermayer
UD NCC Master Gardener

Thank you for replying.  I am fairly new to gardening and this be my first time planting a fall garden. I plan on trying cabbage, beets, broccoli,  leeks and lettuce.  I  am a renter. We have a small raised bed and use grow bags.  Still figuring out what to put in the bed and what can go in the grow bags which are 10 gallon. Thanks for the info.  I never thought about planting flowers in the fall. 

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