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Best colors yet to come:

Posted by idabean 5A (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 21, 14 at 1:12

Rouge's question about perennials yet to bloom, generated this question.
What remains to bring fall color to your garden? All categories welcome: vines, shrubs, trees, twigs, bark, berries?
Perennial foliage counts, too.
Here are mine. I'm sure I forgot some.

Shrubs
Rose of Sharon
Hydrangeas:
Twist and Shout (one is sending up its first bloooms after being hit hard this winter)
Nantucket Blues has buds
Limelight
Little Lime
Pee Wee
Tardiva
Alice
Species
two or three others whose tags are gone.
Annabell
I'm sure there are a couple of more

foliage
Itea "Henry's Garnet"
several hydrangeas, esp. Lady in Red
sorbaria
sumac: low grow and "brilliance"
Franklinia
4 different Japanese maples
I don't remember if my viburnum leaves change color

Berries
Ilex verticulata red, red, red
Viburnums Winterthur and Brandywine: blues, pink so pretty
I need me some jacks in pulpits
wood peony


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RE: Best colors yet to come:

I am so hopeful for a great fall turn. The past few years it has been too warm and the colors were pretty bland.

The peony foliage stayed nice and clean for the first time in a few years and is now getting its beautiful bronze color. It adds so much to the perennial garden when it doesn't get mildewed.

I really like the yellow of climbing hydrangea. I'm always surprised at how nice it colors. And one of my favorites is oakleaf hydrangea.

Hoping for a nice turn in my Japanese maple area that also includes a Stewartia and Katsura.

So many shrubs and trees in the backyard were planted for fall color. If we get a good turn I'll post some pictures!

P.S. I didn't know you had a Franklinia? You've been holding out on me?! LOL!


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