Most people ignore yards during Fall. Not your street, though. Several people have to slow down and even stop to admire your Fall decorations. Dog walkers and passersby as they drive cross over to your street.
Bring Hummingbirds Right To Your Window!
Check PriceCreating this type of seasonal display requires neither luck nor expensive landscaping. It simply involves choosing the right cast members for nature’s greatest show and knowing exactly when each tree steps into the spotlight.
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1. Sugar Maple – The Headliner
These are the trees that give entire communities distinction for autumn colors. Sugar maples don’t merely change color, they burst into firey displays of orange, red, and yellow visible from several blocks away. Plant one as the centerpiece of your yard and see your property value and curb appeal skyrocket!
2. Red Oak – The Drama Queen
Red oaks are showy compared to other oaks that simply fade away. They stay deep burgundy longer than all but possibly a few other tree species. Red oaks are also wonderfully generous with an abundant acorn crop that keeps squirrels and other wildlife busy all winter while adding rustic charm to your landscape.
3. Ginkgo – Amazing Survivor From Ancient Times
Ginkgo biloba trees are living fossils and their annual leaf drop event is something to behold! In just two to three days, they drop their all of their golden fan-shaped leaves. It's no wonder neighbors save the date for the ginkgo event. It's a natural wonder that carpet golden leaves across your yard.
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4. Dogwood – The Early Bird
Dogwoods are among the first plants to exhibit fall hues, with leaves changing to brilliant red prior to the end of summer-flowering. There’s more good news. They also create bundles of red berries in winter! Wildlife will enjoy the berries, and you will enjoy a burst of color in your landscape during the winter months.
5. Japanese Maple – The Artist
These beauties flaunt almost fake looking colors. Each variety has its own colors ranging from deep reds to bright oranges and shiny golden yellows. To have a color display that changes throughout, from September to November, plant a few different cultivars.
6. Sweetgum – The Transformer
Sweetgum trees are lovely trees that change colors. Their leaves are shaped like stars. These trees can produce leaves of bright yellow, orange, red, and purple, often displaying multiple colors at the same. Due to the changing temperatures, the colors of the leaves change daily giving you a new display every day.
7. Tulip Tree – The Golden Giant
In fall, the golden birches turned into solid gold. Their light columns could be seen from far away. In the autumn scene, the unique tulip shaped leaves create an effect that shimmers with movement. The scene is transformed with movement especially with a light summery breeze.
8. Black Gum – The Show-Off
Before most other species start to change colors, black gum trees are able to reach their topmost beauty. Their most stunning process of color change happens at the same time as most other trees begin to change for their season. They are able to begin changing as early as one month.
9. White Ash – The Finale
End your autumn show on a high note with white ash trees. While most trees are dropping their leaves, white ash trees stay vibrant with their deep purple and yellow leaves. They really keep the show going into November.
Creating a centerpiece for your property at fall hinges on knowing when different types of trees transform. For example, combining early changers like dogwoods and black gums with late changers like sweetgums and white ashes makes it possible for your property to remain visually striking for 4 months. Changing color from late August to Thanksgiving.
Pick fantastic performers and prepare to change your yard into the most looked forward to autumn stop in the whole neighborhood! Prepare for your morning drive to become even more colorful and prolonged as people will not be able to resist the urge to slow down and look at the display!
