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PLANTS FOR AUTUMN COLORING 
The plants in this list are especially valuable for the great variety of 
their foliage colors in autumn. This autumn coloring gives added value 
in the garden in the season when flowers are few and far between. New 
England is famous for its autumn coloring and many of the plants 
listed below have contributed to that fame, especially Red Maple, 
(Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple, (Acer saccharum), Birches, (Betula in 
var.), Dogwood, (Cornus in var.), Blueberry (Vaccinium), and the 
Oaks (Quercus). 
Acer ginnala, red 
Acer platanoides, yellow 
Acer rubrum, red, rarely yellow 
Acer saccharum, scarlet-orange or yellow 
Amelanchier laevis, purplish-red 
Arctostaphylos uvaursi, red-purple 
Aronia arbutifolia, red 
Aronia melanocarpa, red 
Azalea arborescens, red 
Azalea obtusa, reddish-purple 
Azalea obtusa kaempferi, crimson 
Azalea schlippenbachi, yellow, orange or 
red 
Azalea vaseyi, red 
Azalea yedoensis poukhanensis, reddish- 
purple 
Berberis koreana, deep red 
Berberis sieboldi, vinous red 
Berberis thunbergi, brilliant red 
Berberis thunbergi atropurpurea, 
purple-red 
Betula nigra, yellow 
Betula papyrifera, yellow 
Betula pendula, yellow 
Betula pendula gracilis, yellow 
Betula populifolia, yellow 
Calluna vulgaris, Hv. Cuprea, bronze 
Carpinus betulus, yellow 
Carpinus carolinianum, yellow 
Chionanthus virginicus, bright yellow 
Cladrastis lutea, yellow 
Clethra alnifolia, red 
Cornus in variety, red 
Cotoneaster horizontalis, red 
Crataegus arnoldiana, red 
Crataegus crusgalli, orange and scarlet 
Crataegus phaenopyrum, bright red 
Kuonymus alatus, brilliant red 
Euonymus alatus, Hv. Dwarf, red 
Huonymus europaeus, red 
Fagus sylvatica, yellow 
Forsythia ovata, wine colored 
Galax aphylla, scarlet 
Gaylussacia brachycera, red 
Ginkgo biloba, yellow 
Gymnocladus dioicus, yellow 
Halesia monticola, yellow 
Hamamelis vernalis, yellow 
Hamamelis virginiana, yellow 
Juniperus horizontalis douglasi, pale 
purple 
Juniperus horizontalis plumosa, purple 
Leucothoe catesbaei, red 
Oxydendron arboreum, brilliant scarlet Amelanchier laevis 
Phellodendron sachalinense, bright 
yellow 
Photinia villosa, bright red 
Quercus borealis, dark red 
Quercus palustris, briliant red 
Rhododendron carolinianum, red 
Rhododendron mucronulatum, scarlet 
Sorbus commixta, red 
Spiraea prunifolia, orange 
Spiraea thunbergi, orange and scarlet 
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, red 
Syringa oblata dilatata, vinous red 
Vaccinium corymbosum, red 
Viburnum carlesi, deep wine-red 
Viburnum dentatum, red 
Viburnum dilatatum, dull-red 
Viburnum sargenti, red 
Viburnum trilobum, red 
Azalea arborescens 
Zanthorhiza apiifolia, yellow 
