Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Fall color pics, 1 by david5311

david5311 wrote:
Well, here's a few from me, some from the newly developing garden, some from the woodland. Here in SE Michigan we are having a great color season so far and much of it is yet to come. Many red maples have gone by but some have no color yet, serviceberries in the woods just finishing their gold displays, sassafras at peak in every color from lemon yellow to gold and orange and red and burgundy and everything in between. I have always planted trees for fall color as a major attribute. One of my favorites is the Stewartia pseudocamellia v. koreana (aka S. koreana). The one I have in my garden under this name has consistently had better fall color than the other S. pseudocamellias I have seen -- it is also more vigorous, and flowers much better. After having been moved twice in the past 18 months, it is now growing as a specimen in front of my new house, full sun, and had literally hundreds of flowers through the month of July. Here is its almost fluorescent orange red color