Comments on: Bring on the fall color – shrubs & trees

By: Yvonne Cunnington

Yvonne Cunnington — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:08:28 +0000

Hi Steve: I found Lindera benzoin through the University of Guelph Arboretum plant sale. Here's link to next year's Arboretum plant sale, and the Nyssa sylvatica through Connon Nurseries in Waterdown (near Hamilton/Burlington). See this link for more details. Connon’s probably has both plants or could order them for you if they don't have them in stock. Here is the link to Connon's home page. Good luck! Yvonne

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:45:20 +0000

Where did you eventually find the Nyssa sylvatica and the Lindera benzoin? Did you have to buy seeds and start from seed? If so, where did you get the seeds? I would like to try these, but I don’t know where to even start looking.

By: Salix

Salix — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:52:58 +0000

As you document, in a temperate zone there are lots of choices for fall colour. The most stunning I have ever seen, was when I was in Canada for the first time and we went to Algonquin park in the month of October – so the sugar maple is one of my favourites.

I’ll have to add more trees and shrubs to my garden. Lene

By: Eve

Eve — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:59:58 +0000

I’m still just getting to know what I have here Yvonne, but I do have a mature Blackgum tree. It is just beginning to turn but I worry about it. There are some dead branches and it seems to have gotten a tent caterpillar nest on it. I’m a bit overwhelmed at this point just trying to figure out the plants and the bugs that go along with them!!
Your place is just stunning and so inspirational!! I just love it!

By: Sarah from Toronto Gardens

Sarah from Toronto Gardens — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:57:48 +0000

These pix are yummy. I had sumachs literally taking over my property, so had to get rid of many of those. They were my only real fall colour, so I’ve been trying to add some controllable trees and shrubs for fall colour. These are some great ideas. I have an amelanchier but it never seems to be too stunningly red. Maybe it’s in too shady a spot. Planted a red maple, “Autumn Blaze” and a burning bush, but they are still small.

The doublefile viburnum gets this red? Gorgeous. I bought one this spring but it died in the pot for some strange reason (almost overnight!) before I could plant it.

Definitely want that sourgum. Stunning colour.

By: Yvonne Cunnington

Yvonne Cunnington — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:57:18 +0000

Thanks Jan and Joy. No worries Joy: long comments with good plant suggestions are most welcome. No need to say sorry.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:19:23 +0000

What lovely photos. Being from the Deep South, I don’t get to see colors like this when autumn arrives, but I sure wish we did.

Jan
Always Growing

By: Joy

Joy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:20:56 +0000

Yvonne .. You certainly have brought such colour and contrast with these different trees and shrubs .. I have just put in Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry this Spring after researching what smallish (because of the size of our back garden) tree, would bring intense colour in the Fall .. it is very young yet, but I know it will be beautiful along with our Pacific Sunset Maple .. we are still plagued with ‘black tar spot” in the neighborhood, but it seems to be back down a little in its cycle. It is a nasty, but at least not severely damaging, problem to deal with.
I too love Ninebark .. Summer Wine, ( and the new Loblaw’s signature Ninebark mix “Satin Chocolate”, will be amazing in Autumn. Cotoneaster,”Burning Bush”, Little Henry Sweet Spire, Southern Bush-Honeysuckle is a new one I found with even amazing colour pre-Autumn. Royal Purple Smokebush along with Golden Spirit also so eye catching !
This is a long comment Yvonne, sorry : ) .. I just wanted to say even in small garden areas, such as I have .. we can jam pack them in awesome colour and texture contrasts that shine in the Fall !
Joy