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Garden in Autumn
The crisp blue autumn sky makes a perfect backdrop for the flaming
orange hues of Sugar and Japanese maples. In the sunny clearing
below, bright purple, blue and magenta asters burst with color next
to the deep red of Autumn Joy Sedum. Overhead, the backdrop of Red
Tipped Photina sways in green and red. Crickets chirp loudly among
the garden mums nestled close to the earth in their blankets of
red, yellow, white and maroon. The pansies frolic in the breeze
at their feet, soft velvet faces in a rainbow of colors turned up
toward the last warmth of the sun. The burning bush glows red in
the corner by the fence. The wind whispers of the coming cold through
the plumes of Silver and Maiden Grass. Birds chirp fitfully around
the Pyracantha whose branches are drooping from the weight of its
clusters of bright orange berries. The dogwood offers them its bright
red fruit as well amidst its blazing red leaves. Encore® Azaleas,
covered now again in flowers, glow a bright magenta next to the
house. A hydrangea rustles, its once blue blooms now faded to a
bronzy pink. The Nandina glows in the shade of a nearby pine. Clematis
'Nelly Moser' enjoys its last show of blooms for the season as it
twines up the mailbox post. Shadows crawl across the lawn as the
sun sets and the bright palette fades for the night.
You can create your own fall palette of color in the garden. Choose
plants whose leaves turn bright orange or red, foliage plants with
interesting textures and perennials that bloom very late in the
season. Spice it up with autumn annuals and biennials like garden
mums and pansies. Don't overlook the interest created by seed pods,
dried flower heads and motion created by the breeze in ornamental
grasses. Use the table below as a reference guide for choosing your
plants, trees and shrubs for fall color.
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Asters
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Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
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Clematis 'Nelly Moser'
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Garden Mums
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Nandina
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Japanese Maple
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Hydrangea 'Nikko Blue'
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Dogwood
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Pansies
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Red Tipped Photina
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Sugar Maple
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Burning Bush
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Pyracantha
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Maiden Grass
'Little Kitten'
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Sarabande Silver Grass
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Autumn Rouge™
Encore Azalea®
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