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Fall Landscaping Calls for Color - Plant These Trees & Shrubs Now! - October 4, 2011 Landscaping for the fall is a great way to bring life to your lawn and garden even while mother nature is preparing herself for a wintery slumber. There is no better way to capture the essence of fall than by including certain trees and shrubs that burst with color and texture. Japanese Red Maple I found an article which highlights a number of these colorful options and has some good insights on how to increase the amount of color you get out of your landscape design. Chanticleer Pear Mass shrubbery. Don't just plant one or two color producing shrubs, plant nine or ten! With shrubs, the more the merrier and certain shrubs produce berries that provide vibrant colors and texture within the landscape design. Be sure the majority planted are females which produce the berries and be sure to include one male for reproductive purposes. Flowering Dogwood Also, think about the texture of the different trees and shrubs when standing at a distance from them. Notice how golden leaves will stand out against red as well as the green from Evergreen Trees or Douglas Firs. By staggering your planting, you will create depth and texture that really gives it a pop. By layering the trees from front to back and side to side, you will give your garden the illusion that it is larger than it actually is. Burning Bush Here are some trees and shrubs that will provide you will some brilliant color and texture: Trees Red Maple 'October Glory' or 'Red Sunset' - you will be amazed at the fire engine red colors Chanticleer Pear - this is a tree with late fall color......purples and golds American Holly - great red berries and evergreen Purple Leaf Plum - purple leaves all season Zelkova Flowering Dogwood - red Fall color and berrie too! Japanese Maple Winterberry Holly Shrubs Winterberry Holly - an abundance of red berries Meservae Hollies - red berries and evergreen Burning Bush - wow...fabulous red leaves in the Fall Nandina Red Barberry - red leaves all season If you have any questions on landscape design for fall, feel free to contact us and we'll be happy to help with any inquiries you may have. Follow us online. Subscribe to our Blog RSS Feed
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