Urban Landscape, Native Landscape: The Fall Garden

Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Fall Garden

Panicum virgatum November 2009

Aster novae-angliae 'Hella Lacy' October 2009

Acer circinatum October 2009

Crocus kotschyanus October 2008

Hydrangea quercifolia October 2008

One of the rarest gardens in the Seattle area is the fall garden. Although fall is best for planting, many more plants are available in spring. Visit nurseries in early fall to see what is blooming, fruiting, or showing fall color. Many plants on this list offer interest at other times. Cornus florida (Eastern Dogwood) flowers lavishly in spring, then shows good color in Fall. Diospyros (Persimmon) offers both fruit & fall foliage color. Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree) offers a bonanza of fruit & flowers in fall. Plant it with Acer circinatum (Vine Maple) or Acer palmatum dissectum 'Garnet' (Cutleaf Japanese Maple) for an amazing show.

Trees (for fall foliage)

Acer circinatum (Vine Maple): sun or shade

Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree): sun or shade, fruit & flowers

Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Princess’ (Eastern Dogwood): sun or shade, foliage & fruit

Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin Tree): sun or shade

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Red Ash): sun

Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair Tree): sun

Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum): sun

Pyrus calleryana ‘Redspire’ (Flowering Pear): sun

Sorbus (Mountain Ash): sun, fruit & foliage

Shrubs (for fall foliage, except as noted)

Acer palmatum dissectum (Cutleaf Japanese Maple)

Amelanchier alnifolia (Western Serviceberry): sun or shade

Berberis thunbergii ‘Crimson Pygmy’ (Barberry): sun

Callicarpa bodinieri (Beautyberry): sun, fruit

Daboecia cantabrica: flowers

Diospyros (Persimmon): sun, fruit & foliage

Disanthus cercidifolius: shade

Enkianthus campanulatus: shade

Hamamelis x intermedia (Witch Hazel): shade

Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea): sun or shade

Lagerstroemia hybrids (Crape Myrtle): sun

Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree Peony): sun

Punica granatum (Pomegranate): sun, fruit

Rhus typhina (Sumac): sun

Ribes sanguineum (Flowering Currant): sun or shade

Rosa rugosa (Sea Tomato): sun, fruit & foliage

Viburnum sargentii: sun

Vaccinium corymbosum (Blueberry): sun

Perennials (for sun & fall bloom, except as noted)

Andropogon gerardi ‘Big Daddy’ (Big Bluestem Grass): foliage

Anemone x hybrida (Japanese Anemone): shade

Aster

Chrysanthemum

Crocus kotschyanus or ochroleucus

Epilobium californicum (aka Zauschneria, California Fuchsia)

Gaura lindheimeri

Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed)

Helianthus decapetalus (Sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides

Liriope muscari (Lily Turf): shade

Nerine bowdenii

Panicum virgatum (Switch Grass): foliage

Physalis alkekengi (Chinese Lantern): fruit

Schizostylis coccinea

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’

Solidago (Goldenrod)

Tricyrtis (Toad Lily): Shade

Zauschneria californica (California Fuchsia)

Groundcovers & Trailers

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi: sun or shade, fruit

Zauschneria garrettii ‘Orange Carpet’ (Creeping Hummingbird Carpet): sun, flowers

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This blog began in 2008 as Metropolitan Gardens to provide information on gardening in Seattle & places like it. Click on Gardening in Cascadia. The blog expanded to include Parks P-Patches Public Gardens in the US, Canada & Europe. Then Nature was added. (The difference between nature & gardens is intent. Nature happens. Gardens are planned.) Many recent posts are not about Seattle, or even Cascadia. They are Urban Landscape: streetscape & architecture. Cascadia is the region including the Cascade Mountains of Washington & Oregon. If you want to contact the blogger, leave a message in comments. Comments are moderated & private messages will not be posted.

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