This gallery of planting schemes covers locations ranging from New Mexico to Sussex in England demonstrating different plant combinations for autumn color. Here you will find ideas ranging from a dazzling perennial border, fiery foliage to fall color in the desert. I came across these ideas in an article by Lauren Dunec Hoang which I found on the Houzz website.
Fall?s the best time for choosing plants for their brilliant autumn foliage ? they?ll be stocked in nurseries in all their splendor ? as well as for planting trees, shrubs, perennials and ornamental grasses. These eight stunning combinations from New Mexico to the United Kingdom will provide you with planting inspiration for a colorful fall show.1. Dazzling perennial border. The deep floral borders of this home in Sussex, England, celebrate the transition of summer into fall in all its glory. The blazing color palette of ruby red, deep purple, orange, gold and lavender creates a high-contrast display where the colors nearly vibrate in close proximity. Two red-leaved deciduous shrubs, ?Grace? smoke bush and ?Lady in Red? ninebark, stand backlit at the center of the bed, their leaves glowing like translucent jewels. Perennials such as dark purple ?Ostfriesland? sage, bright gold woolly sunflower, pale purple cranesbill and hot orange avens fill in the bed with saturated hues.2. Layers of foliage and flowers. Tiers of fall foliage, ornamental grasses and late-blooming flowers create a rich tapestry of color in this Seattle garden. In the back and tallest tier, the deep red peeling bark of paperbark maple picks up the deep foliage color of ?Rose Glow? Japanese barberry and complements the pale brown seed heads of ?Karl Foerster? feather reed grass. A dusty green-pink smoke bush brings large-leaf texture to the midlayer, while yellow-petaled, dark-centered black-eyed Susan and orange crocosmia add mounds of color to the lowest tier.3. Fiery foliage. Fall leaves steal the show in this foliage-forward garden on Bainbridge Island, Washington. To the left, a rare Japanese maple cultivar called ?Iijima Sunago? turns from dark copper to bright orange in fall, while a second Japanese maple, ?Hogyoku?, set farther back, changes from apple green to gold. Other border plants, such as burgundy Japanese barberry, a trio of ?Gulf Stream? heavenly bamboo with green leaves tipped with red, and pale yellow grasslike ?Evergold? sedge, add to the richness of foliage color.
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