Specialty Gardening: Plants that show good Fall foliage color , 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
,

Iike the idea of a new thread, although I like what we're doing here. I leave it to you.

This weekend I was trying to get images I took of grasses in snow off our old computer. It's having issues, so my hubbie is going to look at it over the holidays. There are a lot of terrific images there.

One small tree I should mention for three seasons (indeed four) is the acer gresium, or paperbark maple. It's hardy to zone 4. We picked up one about five years ago at Milaegers in Racine, where they had a bunch of baby ones, It was so small we had no trouble plantung it ourselves. It is a very slow growing tree and maxes out at about 25 feet. But it has exfoliating bark from a very young age, a nice structure, pretty spring color and beautiful fall color. They said it would grow 4 inches a year but our growth rate has been double that. The amazing thing is that no one seemed to "get" how amazing it was. They were selling six foot trees for $35.00, couldn't move them, and cut the price in half. They are now selling the same size for over $200. When we asked a landscaper a few years ago how much one would cost he quite $825 (!!!!!!)

Here it is earlier this month.

Donna