A Few Favorite Fall Gardens from GPOD

A selection of stand-out fall plantings from the archives of Garden Photo of the Day

Hi GPODers !

It ’s thattime of yearagain!Leaves are fallingor trees are already totally bare , temperature continue to shake off , gardens are winding down and prepped for thewinterto come , and Garden Photo of the Day submissions are dwindling .

Learn more : Robin ’s New Hampshire Garden in Fall

manifestly , I sympathize why this happens . Just like many of you , I ’ve been drop more and more hours indoors as well as investing more time to roost and rest in preparation for the always - meddlesome holiday season . However , I also conceive this wind - down clock time is stark for reflection , getting inspired , and look ahead to the new yr in front . Feeling inspire by Wendy ’s garden update yesterday ( Wendy ’s Fall Garden in the Okanagan Valley ) , I think I might spark some stirring ( or at least some sense - sound gloam vibes ) with a tripper through autumn GPODs of the past . I ’ve selected some of my favorite fall exposure I was able-bodied to find in the GPOD archives and lean them below with links to the full compliance so you could discover even more inspo .

First up , we have Carol Verhake in Berwyn , Pennsylvania . Carol has share her garden with us several time in the yesteryear ( Carefully pick out Colors Bring a Garden Together , New Spaces in Carol ’s Garden , Snow in Carol ’s Garden , etc . ) , but it ’s her fall submission that always stick out to me . The photo below is from 2022 : strike in Carol ’s Garden .

The majority of the photos I ’m send are of my forest garden , which sport lots ofdeciduous treesalong with bush and perennial that I ’ve inclose over the years .

Next up is John Markowski in Kingwood , New Jersey . John has also share his garden with us several times ( Lush Summer Blooms , Revisiting John ’s Garden in New Jersey , Overcoming Tough Conditions , Ornamental Beauty , Expressions of Early Fall , etc . ) , and , again , his garden really comes into its own during the fall . So much so , that we feature his surrender garden in print ( Dynamic Garden Design Despite Challenging Conditions).The photo below is from last yr : Fall in John ’s Garden .

Many garden peak in the spring with a bright display of vivid blossom , but this garden looks awing right now in the fall , with each plant taking on a subtly different chromaticity but all working together to end the year beautifully .

Yet another adorable prospect come from Yvonne Tsikata in Northern Virginia . Her garden is full of fantastic prime ( Check it out during peak season here : Yvonne ’s New Garden in Virginia , Yvonne ’s Garden in Virginia , andYvonne ’s Woodland and Japanese - Inspired Gardens ) , but foliage starts giving her prime serious rivalry in fall . The photo below showcases this in 2022 : Yvonne ’s Autumn Garden .

At the accounting entry into the woodland garden are European beech hedge(Fagussylvatica , Zones 4–7)showing its caramel spill colouring , yellowish ‘ Hearts of Gold ’ redbud(Cerciscanadensis‘Hearts of Gold ’ , Zones 5–9)glowing , redViburnumdilatatum(Zones 4–7)to the left , Japanese maples(Acer palmatum , zona 5–9)in the foreground , and willow oak(Quercus phellos , Zones 5–9)coloring yellow in the background .

While foliage is always fantastic , it is prissy to see the blooms that carry us to the end of the time of year . Bonnie Plikaytis in Big Canoe , Georgia ( Spring in North Georgia , Garden Stumperies , A Woodland Garden That Takes Inspiration from Nature , etc . ) has an unbelievable accumulation of Japanese maples and other beautiful trees and shrubs , but she also grows a endearing raiment of timber plants that sport sensational flowers . Below are leopard plants from a Charles William Post in 2020 : Autumn Colors in North Georgia

Leopard plants(Farfugiumjaponicum giganteum , Zones 7–10)require full shade and are evergreen in mild winters . It seems unexpended that this tropical - look works with leathery kidney - shaped leaves has yellow daisy - shaped heyday on tall stalk in November ! The bright chickenhearted flowers are a much - demand delight when few other flora are blooming . The foliage is evergreen to about 20 ° atomic number 9 and brings a variety of form and texture to the garden . The bench was a gift from a dear horticulture booster who is a remarkable artist in all his effort . He designed and created the bench from a ruddy oak tree diagram that had fallen in his garden .

Of course , the combination of steadfast foliage with late bloomers and fade blossom is the full fall trifecta . May Kald on Vancouver Island , British Columbia has share many unbelievable submissions of the long time ( May ’s Garden on Vancouver Island in British Columbia , Revisiting May ’s Garden in British Columbia , visitor in May ’s Garden in British Columbia , etc . ) , butthe photo below from 2014 is a masterclass in various fall sake : precipitate in May ’s Garden on Vancouver Island .

Part of a front border – central is a white Hydrangea macrophylla ‘ Incrediball ’ , some lower flower clusters are blank , the upper ones went browned . This was its first year here and I was hoping it would go pink in the fall like the other white hydrangeas I have . But the summer drouth may have get the brownness . The rhododendrons around it were n’t happy to be dry either .

Next is a lovely tardy fall landscape painting from Jeanne Cronce ’s in Port Orchard , Washington . I dug deeply into the archive to feel Jeanne ’s garden ( Jeanne ’s Color - Packed Garden in Washington , Fun Hardscape and Plants in Jeanne ’s Garden , Scenes from a Great Season , etc . ) , and it was absolutely deserving the supererogatory searching . The pic below is from all the direction back in 2013 : Jeanne ’s Washington Garden in Fall .

The beginning of our stale weather … change for sure .

We also love when a gardener is a true gatherer , and chooses to showcase all the varieties of the particular plant they obsess over . Kathy Purdy in Oxford , New York did just thatin 2018 , when she share the vast raiment of gorgeous fall - blooming colchicums she grows : Fabulous Fall Colchicums .

At over a base improbable , ‘ World Champion ’s Cup ’ is the biggest colchicum I grow . It ’s fence by Primo Black Pearl genus Heuchera , with a ferned flake of great deal fringe for contrast .

This post leans heavily towards cold climates , but that is a outcome of our archive and not of a penchant to northern gardens in autumn . We tend to get the most submissions from gardens in the Northeast , Northwest , Midwest , and Mid - Atlantic regions of North America , but we ’d be intimate to see more gardens from all across the res publica and world!Below is a fabulous downslope scene from Robin Sams in northeastern North Carolina during 2020 : precipitate in North Carolina .

swampland sunflower , Mexican heather(Salvialeucantha , Zones 7–10 ) , gaura(Gauralindheimeri , zone 5–9 ) , and pansies(Viola×wittrockiana , nerveless - time of year yearly ) .

When fall down arrives and I have it off wintertime is around the recession , I start hoping to see Cherry Ong ’s unbelievable wreaths and swags ( Winter Wreath Making , Wreath Making with Cherry , Making Holiday Decor From the Garden , etc . ) . However , Cherry ’s garden in Richmond , British Columbia is equally as exciting to see , and one fall submission has the good of both worlds . In 2022 she shared this beautiful plunder in a specially adorable slice of her garden : Fall in the Fern Fairway .

fall garden with hydrangea macrophylla incrediball

I could n’t resist decorating , so I fashioned a swag out ofdried flowersfrom the garden — mine and Sylvia ’s .

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