More Photos from Our Community

Since we can't get to as many gardens as we'd like, we'll have to live vicariously through the photos club members have taken in October's, over the years.

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Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa
Snowstorm Rose Bacopa
Superbena Pink Cashmere Verbena
Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Whitespire Gray Birch
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
River Birch grove
American Elm
Green Giant Arborvitae
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Whitespire Gray Birch
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Vista Purple Sage
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Intenz Celosia
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
Bark of a River Birch
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
Korean Boxwood hedge
Black Maple in fall
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
Mojave Mango Purslane
Asian Black Birch
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus
White Satin Birch
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Maryl Garden Mum
Sunjoy Orange Pillar Barberry
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Bald Cypress
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Betula microphylla
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Diamond Snow Spurge
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Asiatic Lily
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
American Witch Hazel in fall
Petra Croton
Rockin' Fuchsia Salvia
New Horizon Elm
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Sky Rocket Fountain Grass, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo Petunia, Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
River Birch
Japanese Walnut
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper
Flowers of the Polyantha Rose
Maple, in fall
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Amur Maple, in autumn
Autumn Blaze Freeman's Maple, in early Fall
Fire Away Hot And Heavy Pepper
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Yellow Birch
Miyabe Maple, in early fall
Trinity Callery Pear
Woodstock Hyacinth, in bloom
Grove of Black Alder
Chinkapin Oak
River Birch
Common Witch-Hazel hedge, in fall
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
Suzanne Dwarf Fothergilla
  Luscious Grape Lantana, Purple Petunia
Autumn Blaze Maple turning color in Autumn
Little Lamb Panicle Hydrangea in fall
 Golden Japanese forest grass
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Royal Raindrops Flowering Crabapple, Pink Double Knock Out Rose
Jackii Siberian Crabapple in fall
Leading Role: Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, Over Easy Calibrachoa, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Fountain Grass
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Red Sunset Red Maple
Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush
Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in fall
Arkansas Blue Star, Fountain Grass
Flowers of Supertunia Vista Silverberry
American Hornbeam var virginiana
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Vista Purple Sage, Fireworks Gomphrena, Benary's Giant Zinnia
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Helichrysum thianschanicum, sometimes known as Curry Plant.
Seaside Alder
Windy City Hackberry
Windy City White Ash
Bloodgood London Planetree
Leaves of an Autumn Purple White Ash, turning purple in fall
Double Up White Begonia
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Honey Locust
Trinity Callery Pear
Endowment Sugar Maple
Angelface White Angelonia
Auvergne Scots Pine
China Pink Hyacinth flowers
Backlit Maple in fall
Distinctive London Planetree bark
White bark of a Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Asian Black Birch
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Two River Birch trunks
Rugel's Sugar Maple in fall
Whitespire Gray Birch
Superbells Coralberry Punch Calibrachoa
Blooms of the Little Lime Panicled Hydrangea turn pink as they age
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Bur Oak
Hills of Snow Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora')
Canopy of a Yellow Birch
Bombshell White Dipladenia
Ponderosa Pine
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
New Harmony American Elm
Katsura Tree
Washington Hawthorn
Jack Frost Siberian Bugloss
Distinctive bark of the Bloodgood London Planetree
Korean Boxwood formal hedge
Mojave Tangerine Purslane
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana), turning orange in fall
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Big Blue Lilyturf, Kale, etc.
Mealycup Sage, in bloom
American Syacamore tree
 Legacy Sugar Maple
Andean Sage, in bloom
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Limoncello Supertunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Canopy of Betula microphylla
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Sweet Mango: Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia
Bur Oak
Superbells Tropical Sunrise Calibrachoa, Stratosphere Pink Picotee Gaura, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Canopy of Green Mountain Sugar Maple in fall
Seven-Son Flower hedge, in bloom
Moor Birch
Sawtooth Oak
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus, ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus, Colorblaze Dark Star Coleus
Black Walnut
Silver Maple
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Korean Maple in fall
Purple Petticoats Coral Bells
Trunk of a Whitespire Gray Birch
Elm-Leaved Birch
Vivacious: Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana, Graceful Grasses Red Riding Hood
Caiman Key: Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Catalina Midnight Blue Wishbone Flower
Lucky Star: Superbells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa, Daredevil Salmon Zonal Geranium
Amethyst Dreams: Superbells Grape Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia White Petunia, Superbena Sparkling Amethyst Verbena
White Oak
Commendation Elm
Swamp White Oak
Little Walnut
Katsura Tree
Unique Panicle Hydrangea, in bloom
Korean Maple in fall
Blueberry Hill: Supertunia Vista Silverberry, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Kale, etc.
Little Leaf Linden


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