Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Uncommon trees for Fall color
Fall is such a pretty time of year. This red maple is not uncommon, I’ll get to those!
Honey locust! This isn’t the messy one, but a beautiful cultivar called ‘Sunburst’ that is thornless and seedless.
The leaves emerge golden yellow in Spring, turn green in Summer and then golden yellow with a touch of green in Fall. It’s also a good street tree, tolerant of drought, road salt, and pollution. ‘Sunburst’ grows to about 35 feet.
Shagbark Hickory has brilliant yellow fall foliage and some awesome bark too. A slow grower, it’s long lived up to 200 years. It grows to about 50 ft. tall and handles wet or dry locations.
Native Americans ate the nuts raw. According to serious eats, the nuts are sweet and buttery even raw.
The Pagoda Dogwood needs the right space as it grows 20 ft. tall by 25 ft wide! It tolerates part shade and has outstanding burgundy foliage in Fall.
In late spring it has fragrant white flowers that become navy blue fruit in mid summer. It’s a good choice for attracting birds.
A newer addition for smaller landscapes is called Hot Wings Tatarian Maple. Just wow. While it’s grown primarily for its highly ornamental fruit in late summer, it’s leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow, orange and red in the fall.
