Fall colors stylize and paint this garden design highlighted with Japanese Maples. Create a woodland walk with natural flagstone through the garden. Finish with a circular seating area with a surface of fine, crushed gravel to create the perfect spot to relax in the garden.

 

(3) A Japanese Maples

Favorites for fall color, choose 3 different verities of Japanese Maples (Acer sp.) to create a colorful woodland tree canopy.

 

(2) B Evergreen Color and Texture

Choose one variety and repeat.
Golden Fernspray Hinoki (Chamaecyparis o. 'Fernspray Gold')
Chamaecyparis o. 'Nana Lutea'
Cryptomeria j. 'Sekkan-sugi'

 

(2) C Berries and Fall Beauties

Choose one variety and repeat.
Beauty Berry (Callicarpa sp.)
Mountain Pepper (Drimys lanceolata)
Viburnum 'Brandywine' or similar
Viburnum p. t 'Mariesii'

 

(2) D Fall Leaf Color-up

Choose one variety and repeat.
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
Fothergilla sp. 'Mt Airy' or similar
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
tea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'

 

(2) E Dwarf Evergreen Color 

Choose one variety and repeat.
Nandina d. 'Obsession' or similar dwarf
Piers japonica 'Little Heath'
Calluna vulgaris "Firefly'
Carsten's Wintergold Pine (Pinus m.)

 

(16) F The Low Layers

Choose one variety and repeat to tuck along the flagstone path and around the patio.
Orange Sedge (Carex testacea)
Carex 'Cappuccino'
Carex o. 'Evergold'
Fern Dryopteris e. 'Brilliance' or similar
Ferns
Fountain Grass (Pennisetum a. 'Hameln')

 

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