Fall Color - Autumn Color in the Home Landscape

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 Put some Fall color - Autumn color in to your home landscapes with trees and shrubs.
Sizes given are approximate.
Most can be trimmed to a smaller more compact size if desired.
Consider also that Evergreen Trees and Shrubs have color all year long. Some of these "evergreens" are actually blue or gold or shades of aqua blue all the time ! Here in the north the evergreens can change slightly in shade during the coldest portion of the year but all retain their foliage {needles} year long. Sometimes the color changes are strikingly beautiful. A good example of this is the "Mother Lode" juniper which is gold year round then shows shades of pink and orange on it's tips beginning shortly after the first frost.

 Even after the brilliant colors of the Maple, Ash and Birch trees have faded there's still lots more Autmnal Color to be enjoyed ! Bittersweet Vines are displaying bright yellow leaves that will soon yield to yellow berries which will in turn open to reveal a dark orange center.

Honeysuckle vines continue to bloom offering shades of pink and scarlet.
Blueberries and Burning Bushes add their dark red color to the pallet and the leaves of the Korean Spice Bush are a luxurious soft orange. Barberery and Cotoneaster leaves are a bright red. After the leaves are shed thier orange - red berries persist. Small birds will snack on these as they ripen.
Flowering Crabapples add even more color with thier cheerful fruits of red and yellow.

Rose leaves in Autumn, turn to shimmering shades of yellow orange and scarlet, contrasting nicely with the red and orange hip. Peony leaves are purple. The annual varieities of Artemesias like Dusty Miller are still a beautiful silver. The bi-annual Lambs Ears stays a soft silver green. Perennial sedums are putting on a show of thier own with flowers in changing shades of rose, purple and rust.

As leaves continue to fall our eyes are drawn once again to the endearing and enduring conifers. Also known as evergreens the conifers are the backbone of the home landscape offering year round color and interest. Conifers are the number one choice for framing a building in a foundation planting. As screens and specimen plantings they are ideal. a group olanting of evergreens in your yard gives winter shelter to birds and squirrels and adds year round viewing enjoyment for yourself.


 Plant Variety

 Autumn Color

 Approximate Size

 Artemesia

 Leaves - Silver

 1' - 2'

 Aster*

 Flowers - Rose Purple White

 1' - 3'

 Blueberry*

 Leaves - Red

 1' - 6'

Barberry 

 Leaves - Bright Red

 2' - 8'

 Bittersweet

INVASIVE  Berries - Yellow and Orange

 20' +

Chinese Lantern 

INVASIVE Bright Orange Seedpods

 12"

 Chrysanthemum*

 Flowers - White Yellows Golds Oranges Reds

 1' - 2'

 Cotoneaster

Leaves - bright red 

 1' - 6'

Euyonomus Dwarf

 Leaves - Red

 4' - 6'

Euyonomus 

 Leaves - Bright Pink

 12' - 15'

 Flowering Crabapple*

 Berries - Red Yellow

 6' - 20'

 Heather*

 Leaves - Golds Oranges Reds

 6" - 2'

Honeysuckle 

 Persistent Flowers - Pink Orange Scarlet

 6' - 8'

 Japanese Maples *

 Leaves - Yellow Orange Red

 5' - 15'

Korean Spice Bush 

 Leaves - Soft Orange

 3' - 4'

 Lamb's Ears

 Leaves - Soft Green Silver

1' - 2'

  Lilac Miss Kim

Leaves - Bronze Purple

 7' - 8'

Ornamental Cabbage & Kale

 Leaves - Green Blue with colorful edges

 12"

Hydrangea*

 Flowers - White Green Pink Blue Bronze

 3' - 15'

 Rhododendron*

 Leaves - Bronze Red

 4' - 7'

Rugosa  Rose

 Leaves - Yellow Orange Scarlet

 3' - 8'

 Pansy

 Flowers - White Blue Yellow Rose

 6" - 12"

 Peony*

 Leaves - Purple

 1' - 4'

 Sedum*

Flowers - Rose 

 12"

 * Many cultivars to choose from in this species. Not all will fit the above discriptions.
Check individual cultivars for specific colors, sizes, etc.

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*Above information is based solely on how we do things here in Blue Hill Maine.
Please seek more information in your local area.
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