Showy Fall Foliage - Page 3 of 9 - Fine Gardening
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Plant Guide
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 dactyloidesIn early summer, slender stems are topped with flowers that produce a crop of jointed seeds.
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Redvein enkianthus
Enkianthus campanulatusThis 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.
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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 pseudocamelliaA 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 polychromaElectric 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.