Six on Saturday: Autumn Colour

I am joining in with the SOS crew (Six on Saturday) this week, hosted by Jim at Garden Ruminations. This meme is simply about sharing six garden-related things on a Saturday.

I thought it would be nice to share some of the lovely autumn colour in the garden right now. We are surrounded my mainly conifers, but our own trees and shrubs are now large enough to stand out in the landscape.

1. First of all our Amber Tree, Liquidambur styraciflua. It has been here for four years now, on the edge the flower garden, and is finally filling out a bit. The autumn colour is absolutely stunning.

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2. The Hornbeam trees in the driveway are turning golden. I have mentioned before that a few of them hang on to some of their leaves throughout the winter. They also vary in changing colour in autumn – some only just have a few yellow leaves, whereas this one is at its peak.

3. In the hedges we have lots of colour too. Here is one of the Viburnum opulus. The berries are shrivelling after a couple of light frosts, but the foliage is still beautiful.

4. In the Herb Bed the Witch Hazel ‘Diane’ is putting on her autumn dress. Bewitching!

5. One of the pots in the yard is rather eye-catching. In fact, Leucothoe ‘Little Flames’  has lovely orange and lime green foliage all year, but in autumn it gets even more fiery.

6. And finally, a Diervilla splendens ‘Diva’ in The ‘Edge flower bed. Despite being a dwarf plant and growing to only about a metre tall and wide, the autumn colour really draws you to it. I love this little shrub for its small yellow flowers in early summer as well as its autumn foliage.

Bending the rules a little, here is a bonus photo of the Oval Bed this week with the miniature ornamental cherry, Prunus incisa ‘Kojou-no-mai’ in her autumn colours at the centre.

Thanks for dropping by. Have a great weekend!