Autumn Colour in Members’ Gardens

This year’s ‘autumn colour’ seems to have developed quite suddenly and intensely, but may be short-lived. So we asked CABAHS members to share photographs of the colour they could find in their gardens this week. The weather has been dull and grey most of the time, yet these late flowers and glowing leaves shine out of the gloom. You can click on the images for more information and to see at full size.
Take a tour…

We tend to focus on brightly coloured leaves when we think of autumn colour, but several groups of flowers add plenty of zing to the October garden. Salvia really is ‘Plant of the Month‘!

Salvia doesn’t get all the glory though – there’s competition from another richly-coloured group, the Dahlias.

Not to mention the Hydrangeas, which while they may ‘peak’ in earlier months, often develop gorgeous autumn hues later in the year.

Then there are the glorious Nerines, Viv’s amazing Brugmansia, late Begonias, hardy plumbago, berries from firethorn and other shrubs and a whole collection of colourful flowers still blooming in Lia’s garden.

Many trees and climbers are just starting to turn, others have already lost their leaves, carpeting the ground with colour.

The ‘wow’ tree for autumn colour is often seen as the Acer, with so many species and cultivars and such a range of colours (often with glorious spring and summer colour too). But CABAHS members have a broader range of trees to love at this time of year.

… and Acers too, of course.

Thanks to everyone for sharing their photographs, it’s a pleasure to have a little virtual walk around your gardens.

Ali H