When designing a garden the vibrant colors of fall should not be overlooked. Though the flowers are (mostly) gone, the foliage of many trees, shrubs, ornamnetal grasses and vines brighten up the landscape. There are also a few late blooming perennials which could incorporated into the flower garden.
Trees
Acer palmatum – Japanese Maple
Acer rubrum – Red Maple
Acer saccharinum – Silver Maple
Acer saccharin – Sugar Maple
Aesculus flava – Yellow Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye
Aesculus hippocastanum – Horsechestnut
Betula papyri era – Paper Birch, White Birch
Betula pendula European white birch, Weeping birch
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam, Ironwood
Carya glabra – Pignut Hickory
Carya ovate – Shagbark Hickory
Catalpa speciosa – Northern Catalpa
Cotinus coggygria – Smoketree
Fagus grand folia – American Beech
Fagus orientalis – Oriental Beech
Fagus sylvatica – Common beech
Fraxinus Americana – White Ash
Fraxinus angustifolia – Narrowleaf Ash
Ginkgo biloba – Ginkgo
Halesia spp. Carolina Silver Bells
Juglans nigra – Black Walnut
Koelreuteria paniculata – Golden Rain Tree
Larix deciduas – European Larch
Larix kaempferi – Japanese Larch
Liquidambar styraciflua – Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera – Tulip Tree
Magnolia tripetala – Ymbrella Magnolia
Metasequoia glyptostroboides – Dawn Redwood
Nyssa sylvatica – Tupelo
Ostrya virginiana – Eastern Hophornbeam, Ironwood
Prunus serotina – Wild Cherry
Pyrus calleryana – Bradford Pear
Quercus alba – White Oak
Quercus coccinea – Scarlet Oak
Quercus michauxii – Swamp chestnut Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii – Chinkapin Oak
Quercus palustris – Pin Oak
Quercus rubra – Red Oak
Rhus typhina – Staghorn Sumac
Sassafras labium – Sassafras
Sorbus aucuparia – Mountain Ash
Stewartia pseudo camellia – Japanese Stewartia
Ulmus Americana – American Elm
Ulmus parvifolia – Chinese Elm
Shrubs
Amelanchier Canadensis – Serviceberry, Shadblow
Clethra anatolia – Sweet Pepperbush, Summersweet
Euonymus alatus – Winged Euonymus
Fothergilla major – Witch Alder
Hamamelis – Virginiana Witchhazel
Hydrangea quercifolia – Oakleaf Hydrangea
Itea virginica – Sweetspire
Rhus copallinum R. copallina – Winged Sumac
Spiraea japonica Japanese – Spirea
Vaccinium ashei – Blueberry
Vaccinium elliottii – High Bush Blueberry
Viburnum dentatum – Arrowwood
Viburnum rufidulum – Southern Black-Haw
Perennials
Aster spp. – Aster
Chrysanthemum spp. – Chrysanthemum
Rudbeckia spp. – Black-Eyed Susan
Sedum ‘Atumn Joy’ – Stonecrop
Grasses
Andropogon gerardii – Big Bluestem
Miscanthus sinensis – Morning Light Maiden Grass
Panicum virgatum – Switchgrass
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem, Seacoast Bluestem
Sorghastrum nutans – Indian Grass
Vines
Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia Creeper
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