Whether you call it autumn or fall, there are three things that can stop you getting the best possible late season colour. This autumn garden tips and tour will show you how to make the best of your garden for longer.
00:00 Welcome
01:05 How different weather in different years affects your autumn colour
01:34 What creates the beautiful reds and golds in autumn leaves
01:55 Carotenoids turn leaves yellow and orange
02:05 Anthocyanins turn leaves red and purple
02:50 Good plants for autumn colour
03:15 Two identical liquidambar trees planted differently and with completely different fall colour.
05:00 Choose trees and shrubs with at least two seasons of interest: https://youtu.be/wbzxblbNVnM
06:09 Shrubs for good autumn colour
07:50 6 top shrubs for autumn colour from Gravetye Manor: https://youtu.be/GciMgkU7NtE
09:27 Grasses for autumn colour
10:27 Clearing up leaves from lawns and borders
11:14 Climbers for autumn colour: https://youtu.be/rEsMlbdC1r8
12:00 Playlist for a beautiful fall garden: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrZRLHPUbGmBHdqhADpV-NfbIMyFFNQzY
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For anyone looking for more good plants for beautiful autumn colour, there are also some excellent suggestions in the comments below, so do look through them. And thank you if you've added your own suggestions.
I planted Itea Little Henry this spring. But I don’t think I’m going to get the fall color like I had hoped. It might be in too much shade as the sun has shifted this time of year. Something I need to remember when I decide where to put things. Right now I have the red of my dogwoods and my Japanese maples are just starting to change.
Thank you as always Alexandra. You look especially autumnal in that lovely shade of burnt orange. Wasn't Lottie having a wonderful time in those clips! I'd say my maple, don't remember the variety for sure, maybe red sunset?, is probably showing the best color this year. The dogwood tree was quite a lovely reddish, purplish earlier but has pretty much darkened and faded out now.
This was very helpful. Update on the front meadow?
The most reliable, vivid color on trees for smaller/mid-size gardens in our experience are stewartias and flowering dogwoods. And for shrubs, fothergilla… All look great throughout the seasons, regardless of whether they are in bloom…
I have japanese maple trees in big pots …I grow them for their autum colors.
This year …most of the trees havent lost their leaves ….it was a rainy summer thats what the weather broadcast told us.
I will underplant trees in my street with lots of cornus and berberis … and holly
If I find also maximum 3 oakleave hydrangeas.
Now is the best time to underplant trees …there is now no food or water competition …the young new neighbors get some time to settle down better.
I enjoy this time of the year very much .
If I could I would spent all days outside working in the garden.
You are at my top 3 best quality gardening channels.
Kind regards,
Marcus
Thank you for your videos. What I particularly like is that you not only tell us the names of the plants but you then put a label on the screen which is very helpful. You are the only one that I follow who does this. I have a Japanese maple which turns from green to a stunning burgundy colour in the fall. I am in zone 9b, Houston, Texas. Yes, I am a transplant from Twickenham.😄
Sweet gum trees with those awful spiny balls are the worst trees ever. Would never have them if I had pets who could step on them.
I love your videos! They are all so interesting and packed full of useful information. Thank you!
🌿🍁🍂🪴BEAUTIFUL ‼️🪴🍂🍁🌿
Dear Alexandra you did it again. It is not Fall in the UK or indeed any other English speaking country. Can we please call it Autumn.
I love your examples of how planting in the sun vs the shade makes a major difference in color production. Thank you!
Thank you for your videos. I would like to create a formal garden in NJ zone 7. I know most people use boxwood as hedges but I'm worried about blight. Are yew good alternatives or should I just go with boxwoods?
Thanks
Am I imagining this, or do you now know many more botanical names? They seem to roll of your tongue as thought you've been doing this all your life. A very secondary comment to another wonderful video, but it struck me. Oh, and thanks so much for the autumn weather color lesson. I've always been confused about that.
Thanks for this video. Vitis Brandt has amazing autumn colour.
Very interesting never thought of plants for autumn foliage. However, am surprised with a beautiful blueberry bush bought this year and the hydrangea that I propagated. The cherry itree as expected specular as is the Acer in the pot.
I love autumn but here I Capetown its a very short season whi h makes me sad cause I ove crunching through leaves and looking at all the beautiful colours . Loved this vlog .thank you
Hi Alexandra, I discovered your channel only yesterday and have binge watched about 30 of your videos, so far…! Your content is fantastic.. a perfect, wonderful mix of experience, advice and helpful tips, and love all your guests too. I am learning so much from you, thank you!
Hi! I love your channel so much!! Thank you for your videos!! 🥰 I wanted to ask you, can Viburnum Snowball grow in a shady border..? I planted my Viburnum in the pot at the moment, and I place it on the patio in the sunny spot!
Thank you for a wonderful color tour. We have Ginkgo Biloba, Cotinus 'Smoke Bush', Persimmon, Nandina(for the berries' color), Chinese Pistachia, Liquidamber, all contributing beautiful autumn color here in our warm winter southern California coastal property.
Soil PH also affects autumn colour greatly with acidic soil producing much more intense reds and oranges.
Beautiful Garden❣I feel winter in the air. Maple leaves turn red in the autumn.
How can I get rid of all those fallen leaves?That is beautiful as is. Amazing 🌲🍃🍂
I’ve been really enjoying my doublefile viburnum this fall and my diablo ninebarks. Both have beautiful reddish orange fall color. Thank you for the lovely video! From Amy in Michigan, USA
I love that brick wall! What an amazing feature for an English Garden. Thank you for another fabulous video! Fall color here in the Hudson Valley of NYS has been very late.
Thank you, Alexandra! Excellent as always. As a western Canadian living in Melbourne I desperately wanted a Cornus in my small garden. Planted a Cornus Kousa earlier in the year and so far, so good. Also have a Euonymus Alatus which I love for its brilliant autumn colour.
We lived in Virginia for seven years and Virginia Creeper is very invasive!
Love your dog prancing around! He looks to have internal springs in him!
I have a cornus kousa 'satomi' whose leaves turn a beautiful red colour (and in spring it has pink flowers, and eventually may produce little fruits, so lots of multi-season interest). I recently realised that a shrub that was here when I moved in is probably a 'midwinter fire' dogwood, so I shall be pruning accordingly next spring and hope to see more of the colour next winter. I also have a weeping willow that has wonderful draping yellow branches to contrast against the nearby evergreens. I think the contrast of colours is what is most striking in autumn, so I think the evergreens are as important in autumn as they are in winter.
How can I get your lists and videos at the end of the programme?