After the ever increasing hot and dry summers and period of lull that gardens often experience in late summer, it is a joy to have some vibrant colour in the garden in autumn, giving the landscape a whole new look. This can be achieved not only with flowers, but colourful foliage, autumn berries and trees and shrubs with colourful stems and bark.
Here are a few ideas to get you started . . .
| Bulbs | Climbers/Wall Shrubs | Perennials | Shrubs and Trees |
Colchicum Cyclamen hederifolium Dahlia Gladiolus Nerine Zephyranthes | Acacia dealbata Ampelopsis Campsis Eccremocarpus x Fatshedera Garrya Hedera Itea Jasminum polyanthum Parthenocissus Vitis | Actaea Agastache Anemone x hybrida Astrantia Aster Begonia Bergenia Cantranthus Diascia Echinacea Eryngium Eupatorium Euphorbia Ferns Gentiana Geranium Grasses Helenium Helianthus Heuchera Kirengeshoma Kniphofia Leucanthemum Liriope Lobelia Ophiopogon Penstemon Persicaria Physostegia Rudbeckia Salvia Schizostylis Sedum Senecio Solidago Tellima Thalictrum Tricyrtis Tulbaghia Verbena bonariensis Veropnicastrum | Aronia Berberis Callicarpa Clerodendrum Cornus sanguines Cotoneaster Cotinus Euonymus Fothergilla Hippophae Photinia Pyracantha Rhus Sarcococca Skimmia Symphoricarpos Viburnum Zanthoxylum |