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Perennials for Fall Colour
Sneezewort, Achillea ptarmica
Autumn Colour In Your Garden
The Ontario countryside in the fall is a spectacularly colourful landscape that we all admire (The Feast Day of St. Michael is September 29, and these asters are also called Michaelmas Daisy).
and enjoy. Many of us make special trips to view the brilliant colours of Maples and waysides adorned with Goldenrod and Asters. But where is the colour in our own garden? In planning our gardens, we very logically begin at the beginning. Spring flowering bulbs are followed by the early flowering shrubs such as Flowering Almond, Japanese Cherries and (Garden Chrysanthemums come in a wide variety of colours and shapes).
others. We realize that these flower only for a short time and look for other shrubs and trees Coreopsis (flowering since June, will still be flowering in Sept.) for continuing colour throughout the summer: Deutzia, Mockorgange, Weigela and of course, Soon, our garden space is fully planted and only in September do we realize that we Gallardia, G. x grandiflora (still flowering since June) have neglected to include the late flowering shrubs and those with brilliant fall foliage.
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatas) is one popular shrub that is widely used but there are Sunflower, Helianthus x multiflorus & H. decapetalus many more that can enhance your garden in the fall and extend your season of colour to Coralbells, Heuchera (still flowering since May) Trees for Fall Colour
Shrubs for Fall Colour
Sugar Maple, Acer saccharum orange and red Wayfaring Tree, Viburnum lantana purple/bronze Gay Feather (Blazing Star), Liatrus spp.
Phlox, Phlox paniculata (flowering since July) False Dragonhead (0bedient Plant), Physostegia spp.
Boston Ivy and Virginia Creeper (Engelmanís Ivy) are highly colourful in fall. Virginia Creeper bears a heavy crop of black berries. Bittersweet Vine has colourful seed coverings. The three-parted orange husk opens to reveal bright orange and red fruit. Only the female plant bears The fall flowering Goldenrod is maligned and ignored by Canadian gardeners, no doubt because fruit and must be planted together with a male plant for pollination.
it grows wild everywhere and is perhaps considered a weed. In Britain, where it is less common,Goldenrod is highly valued.
Shrubs with Colourful
Shrubs that Flower in the Fall
The plants listed will let you take advantage of the change of season and keep your garden interesting and colourful until the heavy frosts and first snow of winter.
Butterfly Bush, Buddleia purple, blue, pink, white HAPPY GARDENING!
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