Showy Fall Foliage - Page 3 of 9 - Fine Gardening

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    European beech

    Fagus sylvatica

    An excellent shade tree, this European-native deciduous tree grows to 80 feet tall and 50 feet wide and features an upright, oval form and dark shiny green leaves that turn…

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    Eastern gamagrass

    Tripsacum dactyloides

    In early summer, slender stems are topped with flowers that produce a crop of jointed seeds.

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    Redvein enkianthus

    Enkianthus campanulatus

    This tree-like shrub bears pendent clusters of bell-shaped, creamy-white flowers with rose veins in late spring and early summer.

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    Paperbark maple

    Acer griseum

    This slow-growing understory tree has highly ornamental, peeling orange-cinnamon bark.

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    Alder-leaved serviceberry

    Amelanchier alnifolia

    This multi-stemmed shrub or tree can reach almost 20 feet tall.

  • 'Royal Purple' Smoke Tree
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    ‘Royal Purple’ smoketree

    Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’

    This shrub or small tree has stunning dark red-purple foliage that turns scarlet in autumn.

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    Japanese stewartia

    Stewartia pseudocamellia

    A multistemmed, deciduous tree with a rounded columnar form, stewartia features stunning bark that exfoliates in strips of gray, orange, and reddish brown once the trunk attains a diameter of…

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    ‘Amber Waves’ heuchera

    Heuchera 'Amber Waves’

    Bright lime green foliage and perky rose-colored flowers in spring make this plant a great selection.

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    Deutzia crenata var. nakaiana ‘Nikko’

    Deutzia crenata var. nakaiana 'Nikko'

    This compact variety performs well as a groundcover and is an excellent choice for the mixed border or rock garden.

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    Cushion spurge

    Euphorbia polychroma

    Electric yellow bracts bloom on a low cushion in April and persist, but gently fade as the stems elongate to form a 16-inch mound by midsummer.