Berry Beautiful

The Autumn season is certainly my favourite season, as I love the changes that the season brings. I have always been drawn to berried plants, as they provide colour during the gloomy Winter, as well as food for the birds. The Autumn hues in the foliage colours are also particularly attractive and certainly brings a whole new dimension to the garden in the Autumn. As the season ends, the last of the leaves fall to the ground in almost a surrender to the colder and dormant period.
A few of my favourite plants that form the basis of the Autumn/Winter colour in the form of berries, are:

Callicarpa bodinieri

Hypericum inodorum

Nandina domestica

Gaultheria procumbens

Pyracantha

Skimmia japonica

Skimmia ‘Pabella’

Viburnum tinus

Autumn shades that transform your garden

Autumn just happens to be my favourite season, as it brings on a massive transformation in the colour spectrum within your garden. The Autumn hues range from yellow, orange, brown, red and gold and when these colours are all present at one stage of the season, the look can be breathtaking…until the leaves fall off!

Some of my favourite plants that represent the best colours of Autumn in these collection of images:

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When considering options of planting schemes when designing a garden, you want a combination of evergreens and deciduous shrubs and trees, so that the evergreens will give the all year round structure, with the deciduous plants providing a transformation of colours and structure.

Try combining some of these beautiful deciduous shrubs and trees in your structural planting scheme to bring some interest in your garden during the Autumn and Winter months.

Happy gardening!

Berry Beautiful

The Autumn season is certainly my favourite season, as I love the changes that the season brings. I have always been drawn to berried plants, as they provide colour during the gloomy Winter, as well as food for the birds. The Autumn hues in the foliage colours are also particularly attractive and certainly brings a whole new dimension to the garden in the Autumn. As the season ends, the last of the leaves fall to the ground in almost a surrender to the colder and dormant period.
A few of my favourite plants that form the basis of the Autumn/Winter colour in the form of berries, are:

Callicarpa bodinieri

Hypericum inodorum

 

Nandina domestica

Gaultheria procumbens

Pyracantha

Skimmia japonica

Skimmia ‘Pabella’

Viburnum tinus