Ten Great Plants for Autumn Colour

As Autumn starts to bring in the cooler weather, warm colours and cosy feeling, the flower garden can start looking a bit bare. However, there are several plants such as deciduous trees, shrubs and climbers that can really put on a lovely show in autumn. Autumn is also an excellent time some varieties of climbers, roses, shrubs and trees to bear hips, berries and other fruits.

1. Snowy Mespilus- has beautiful scarlet and crimson leaves in fall

2. Aster- flower late summer and early autumn

3. Beauty Berry- produces stunning, large clusters of purple berries mid-autumn

4. Judas Tree- leaves turn an impressive yellow in autumn

5. Autumn Crocus- flowers in September and October

6. Cotoneaster- bear beautiful red berries in autumn

7. Crab Apple- give colourful fruit and leaves in autumn

8. Nerine (Nerine Bowdenii)- give a beautiful lipstick-pink flower and can be grown outside if in a warm, sunny border that’s backed by the shelter of a wall

9. Chinese Virginia Creeper- has a velvety texture and turns a fiery crimson in fall

10. Sternbergia lutea- bright yellow flowering bulb that like a warm sunny spot with good drainage