Autumn colours - but not on the trees!

Posted on 4 Nov, 2008 11 comments

It’s not only the leaves on the trees that change colour in the autumn. If you look down as well as up, you see some vivid colours – on unexpected plants, too. I didn’t expect to see a hardy geranium with red leaves!

And walking back across the bridge to the front door, I saw a sedum in the scree bed which has changed to red against the silver leaves of ‘Snow in Summer’. What a contrast they make!

In the back garden, too, there’s a different species of sedum, again changed to red, which is glowing, sun or no sun – in our area, no sun!

Back at the other end of the garden I noticed the colour of the Hosta leaves. Not red this time – they’ve changed to yellow. Another interesting contrast against the Lamium ‘Silver Beacon’.

Further up the border there’s a forsythia and its leaves are also changing to yellow before they fall.

I had some more leaves (yet more!) to rake up, so I went to fetch the rake – passing my clump of Geranium magnificum on the way. I have passed this many times today – it’s right by the path to the gate – but I hadn’t realised that its leaves, too, were changing colour.

Trees in the countryside and gardens are changing colour and looking wonderful, but look down as well as up – and like me, you may get some surprises!

Comments

Andrewr

Great minds spritz. I've just posted pictures of physocarpus and spiraea shrubs turning colour

4 Nov, 2008

Jacque

What Wonderful Colours Spritz :)

4 Nov, 2008

Grenville

Rich reds and glorious golds Spritz!
A lovely ensemble of autumn colours.
Thank you for sharing these photos.

4 Nov, 2008

Marge

Hi Spritz, you have got a very colourful garden. It looks great.

4 Nov, 2008

Bonkersbon

Nice blog Spritz - certainly a pleasure to notice such things as gives another dimension to autumn. I have a small euonymous that is fairly pale and uninteresting until autumn when it changes to brilliant red.

Thank you for sharing .

4 Nov, 2008

Milky

You are so right Spritz, I love Summer with its blaze of vibrant colours, but my absolute favorite are the wonderful shades of Autumn, so warm. Brilliant Blog

4 Nov, 2008

Blodyn

Thanks for reminding us there's such a lot we can miss if we don't stop for a while and be observant.
I enjoyed these photos of autumn in your garden Spritzhenry.

5 Nov, 2008

Fourseasons..

Lovely photos.

Autumns can vary from one year to the next. We have a Liquidamber that failed to colour up last year but looks as though it will be a real show this year. The acers that were stunning last year are scorched with frost and snow this year.

6 Nov, 2008