{"id":10985,"date":"2018-10-01T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10985"},"modified":"2018-09-23T18:48:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T22:48:19","slug":"ten-native-shrubs-possessing-great-fall-leaf-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/10\/01\/ten-native-shrubs-possessing-great-fall-leaf-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Native Shrubs Possessing Great Fall Leaf Color"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fothergilla gardenii<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bottlebrush buckeye fall color<\/p><\/div>\n

Some native\u00a0U.S.\u00a0 landscape shrubs are not only great spring\/summer flowering shrubs, but their fall foliage\u00a0color(s) are an added attraction. Here are ten of my favorites listed alphabetically by genus:<\/p>\n

Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parvifolia<\/em>)<\/strong> \u2013 foliage of this summer flowering shrub turns bright yellow in fall. (zones 4-8)<\/p>\n

Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia<\/em>)<\/strong>\u00a0– under-planted native shrub that grows 6 – 10 feet\u00a0high. White flowers appear in\u00a0early spring; recommend compact cultivar \u2018Brilliantissima\u2019 with attractive glossy red berries and red fall foliage color. (zones 4-9)<\/p>\n

Fothergilla\u00a0<\/strong>(Fothergilla gardenii<\/em>) or (F.\u00a0<\/em>x \u2018Mt. Airy\u2019)<\/strong> –<\/strong>\u00a0both selections are among the finest\u00a0spring flowering shrubs along with red fall leaf color. (zones 5-8)<\/p>\n

Oakleaf Hydrangea<\/strong> (Hydrangea quercifolia<\/em>) <\/strong>\u2013 is a highly variable flowering shrub, available in a range of sizes from 3-25 feet. Some varieties\u00a0exhibit exceptional red or bronze foliage in autumn. (zones 5-9)<\/p>\n

Virginia Sweetspire<\/strong> (Itea virginica<\/em>) <\/strong>– blanketed with fragrant blooms in May and\u00a0dependable\u00a0red-purplish\u00a0leaf color in autumn (zones 4-8)<\/p>\n

Blueberry <\/strong>(Vaccinium corymbosum<\/em>) –<\/strong>\u00a0grow 2-6 feet tall (depending on variety planted). Plant two or more different varieties for more berries.\u00a0 Blueberries require a highly\u00a0acidic soil pH around 5.0-5.5.\u00a0Its bluish-green summer foliage turns bright red in autumn. (zones 5-8)<\/p>\n

Arrowwood Viburnum<\/strong> (Viburnum dentatum<\/em><\/strong>) <\/strong>\u2013 an under- planted native viburnum that blooms in May. Fall foliage turns yellow to red to burgundy along with dark blue fruits. (zones 3-8)<\/p>\n

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Arrowwood (V. dentatum) fall color<\/p><\/div>\n

Witherod<\/strong> viburnum<\/strong> (Viburnum nudum<\/em> \u2018Winterthur\u2019) <\/strong>\u2013white flowers in late spring are followed by bluish black fruits and red to reddish-purple\u00a0 fall foliage. (zone 5-9)<\/p>\n

American cranberry bush<\/strong> (Viburnum trilobum<\/em>)<\/strong>\u00a0– tall 12 feet high shrub deep burgundy-red fall leaf color and bright red drupes often persist through winter. (zones 3-7)<\/p>\n

Blackhaw viburnum<\/strong> (Viburnum prunifolium<\/em>)<\/strong> – flat white cymes (flowers) with numerous yellow stamens and purple-red fall foliage color. (zones 3-8)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some native\u00a0U.S.\u00a0 landscape shrubs are not only great spring\/summer flowering shrubs, but their fall foliage\u00a0color(s) are an added attraction. Here are ten of my favorites listed alphabetically by genus: Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parvifolia) \u2013 foliage of this summer flowering shrub turns bright yellow in fall. (zones 4-8) Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)\u00a0– under-planted native shrub that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1489,657,1218,910,956,747,1319,1351,1491,1493,1015,1494,605,1492,674,645,806,10,1270,1012,774,853,1435,551,627,1476,1403,729,643,777,630,705,706,646,7,1052,935,1216,455,1490],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12142,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10985\/revisions\/12142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}