Most plants flower in spring and summer, so in autumn there isn't all that much with colour. Lots of dead seed heads and dying foliage but no actual flowers.
But I have got 2 indestructible flowering plants on the go right now. The red one is pineapple sage. I first grew this from a cutting from a friend 25 years ago, and it has been transplanted all over the garden. It does tend to get very bushy and quite large. When my kids were little they liked to pick the flowers and suck the nectar at the base of the flower. Can't say I have tried it though. Its a herb, so can be used for a pineapple-y taste too.
And this one is a Japanese anemone. Completely indestructible, even if you want to remove it, so needs to be introduced with care. Very sweet and lovely flowers though (no, no scent), and makes a really good ground cover - in a tall kind of way.
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