Autumn shrubs for landscape design

Many people ask the question: “How to refine your site so that it shines in the fall?” You can read the description and photo with names in our article. 20 shrubs that definitely need to be planted in your garden!

Autumn shrubs for landscape design

Brief content of the article:

Winged euonymus

Bright red shrub 1500 centimeters high and the same diameter. In summer, flowering is scarce, but from September until late autumn it is impossible to take your eyes off it.

winged berseklet

Well suited for hedges, as it has a high density of leaves. Amenable to haircut, crown shape transformation. But you need to be careful, as the juice is poisonous, even if it comes into contact with the skin.


Black chokeberry

The people have got accustomed to the name “Chokeberry”.

chokeberry

It is not only an ornamental flowering shrub, but also a useful fruit bearing. Its berries can be added to compotes and tinctures.

chokeberry

It grows up to 2-3 meters with sweeping branches. In spring it blooms with beautiful white corymbose flowers. The plant is unpretentious and takes root well even in the middle lane. Allows you to shape the crown at will.


Irga Lamarca

Blooming shrub from spring. Has a characteristic rusty red color. The plant grows very tall – up to 4 meters, so it can be confused with a tree.

Irga Lamarca

The bush is very lush and easy to cut. It takes root without problems in the entire middle lane, practically does not even require fertilization. Irga grows delicious berries in spring, which are well suited for jam or compote.

Irga Lamarca

Ginnal’s maple

Another shrub blooming in autumn, the height of which can reach 5 meters. It is single-barreled with a conical shape and multi-barreled with a tent-shaped crown.

Maple Ginall

Among other bushes, it is considered a long-liver, as it lives for 250 years!

  • Maple, which blooms in spring, will delight with beautiful white leaves. In the summer, the leaves become mosaic, and in the fall, blood-red, as it is depicted in the pictures.
  • If you plant it in a sunny place, then it will grow perfectly even without additional care. Red autumn shrubs can be seen below in the photo.


Barberry Thunberg

Nice hedge shrubs. This plant has a clear grading, so each individual variety is different from the other.

Barberry Thunberg

Colors range from green to magenta. Growth from 50 centimeters to 200!

Some varieties take root well in the shade and in any soil. They do not require special care or fertilization.

Barberry Thunberg

Dogwood (dogwood) flowering

Autumn flowering shrubs from North America. In spring they have neat white leaves, but they are most beautiful in autumn.

flowering dogwood

The leaves are bright crimson and are striking. With a sod height of 6 meters, it looks very impressive, like a single pillar of fire.

flowering dogwood

Viburnum diablo diablo

What shrubs to take for a hedge in the fall? There is no garden that Diablo does not adorn.

Viburnum diablo diablo

It is a tall plant that grows up to 3 meters and has an impressive diameter. Loves sunny areas, but completely unpretentious. Easily tolerates the cold winters of central Russia.


Hawthorn

A traditional shrub that blooms with yellow flowers, but can sometimes even be colored scarlet or orange.

Hawthorn

It blooms especially beautifully in autumn (September-October), when bright red edible berries appear.

Hawthorn

Bodinier’s beautiful fruit

Beautiful bushes blooming until the very frost. It got its name “Krasivoplodnik” because of the specific color of the berries – purple. Shrubs grow in any conditions and survive frost well. In the middle lane they can reach 3 meters.

Bodinier's beautiful fruit

By the way, the berries do not fall off even after falling leaves and even remain in case of frost.

Bodinier's beautiful fruit

Japanese scarlet

Amazing small Japanese bush. Not particularly interesting in summer, but in autumn it blooms with yellow and red flowers. Iridescent coloring is very fond of using for mixborders.

Japanese scarlet

The bush exudes a bright smell of cinnamon and caramel, from which it is called the gingerbread tree.


Elder

Autumn-flowering shrub with a characteristic bright color. In summer it is a common tall shrub with green leaves and black berries.

Elder

In the summer, the fruits ripen and they turn bright red. The leaves turn yellow with a slight green tint.

Elder

Hydrangea oakleaf

This type of hydrangea looks very funny due to its specific shape. In summer, it grows overgrown with inflorescences “panicles”, which persist until frost.

Hydrangea oakleaf

The leaves are oddly shaped for shrubs. They look more like oak, from which this name comes.

Hydrangea oakleaf

Viburnum

Kalina is beautiful all year round, but it is in the fall that amazing changes happen to it.

Viburnum

  • The leaves become bright burgundy with a very delicate shade. The berries are poured and reddened.
  • It is unpretentious, so it can be grown even in the shade and without regular feeding. In the fall, she will still decorate the garden.

Viburnum

Horizontal cotoneaster

All cotoneaster are great for hedges. The bush blooms in early autumn, and by October it changes into a bright burgundy outfit.

Horizontal cotoneaster

The cotoneaster is characterized by red or black berries that hang on the branches until spring. The plant is also unpretentious and easily survives frosts.

Horizontal cotoneaster

Mahonia holly

The main beauty of this bush is in the berries. In September, they become expressive blue with a special bluish bloom.

Mahonia holly

Almond

In autumn, decorative almonds become pale pink with a characteristic raspberry filling. This plant is perfect for decorative slides, as it is short, compact and bright.

Almond blossom

Scumpia

A multi-varietal shrub whose inflorescences are like puffs of fluff. Depending on the variety, the color of the inflorescences and leaves varies from white to dark purple.

Scumpia

Snowberry

The snowberry is especially beautiful in autumn. The leaves are painted in different colors – from yellow to purple. The berries ripen and turn pale pink. By the way, they remain on the branches even after the leaves fall.

Snowberry

Sumac

In the middle zone of the Russian Federation, only the “Fluffy” variety takes root, but it is also the most beautiful. In autumn, this nondescript shrub becomes scarlet-burgundy, which is emphasized by the sweeping structure of the branches.

Sumac

You can view photos with flowering perennial shrubs below in the selection.


Forsythia

A unique plant that does not turn yellow, but golden. In autumn, this is a real sun in the garden. Furzitsia is easy to shape, it is suitable both as a single plant and in the form of a hedge.

Forsythia


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