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
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens
Snowstorm Rose Bacopa
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Vista Purple Sage
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
River Birch grove
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Bald Cypress
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
American Elm
Whitespire Gray Birch
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Japanese Walnut
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
White Satin Birch
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Petra Croton
Green Giant Arborvitae
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
Bombshell White Dipladenia
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
American Witch Hazel in fall
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Asian Black Birch
Betula microphylla
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Asiatic Lily
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Angelface White Angelonia
Korean Boxwood hedge
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
Intenz Celosia
Mojave Red Purslane
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
River Birch
Double Up White Begonia
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
Mind Games: Superbells Blue Moon Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato
Diamond Snow Spurge
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Bark of a River Birch
Whitespire Gray Birch
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Black Maple in fall
Maryl Garden Mum
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Snowstorm Giant Snowflake
Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes Salvia
New Horizon Elm
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Autumn Blaze Freeman's Maple, in early Fall
Two River Birch trunks
Rugel's Sugar Maple in fall
Dawn Redwood
Inniswood Hosta
Bald Cypress
Black Maple in fall
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Maple, in fall
Trinity Callery Pear
Eastern White Pine
Superform Norway Maple
Black Walnut
Distinctive bark of the Bloodgood London Planetree
Canopy of a Japanese Walnut
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Bloodgood London Planetree
Coleman Sugar Maple
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Fire Away Hot And Heavy Pepper
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Big Blue Lilyturf, Kale, etc.
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
Bur Oak
3 Norway Spruce
Leadwort - Plumbago
Swamp White Oak
Silver Maple
Fall color of Bush-Honeysuckle
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia
Fall colors - Sugar Maple & Norway Maple
Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Fiber Optic Grass, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Superbells Coralberry Punch Calibrachoa
Arkansas Blue Star, Fountain Grass
The leaves of the Sugar Maple shine in some of the brightest oranges in Autumn!
Sugar Maple
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Autumn Purple White Ash, starting to turn in fall
Silver Falls Dichondra
Sweet Mango: Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia
Korean Maple in fall
Sawtooth Oak
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Superhero Rose hedge
Threeflower Maple in fall
Auvergne Scots Pine
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Washington Hawthorn
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Kale, etc.
Miyabe Maple, in early fall
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana), turning orange in fall
Red Jewel Crabapple
Mojave Mango Purslane
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
 Superbells Holy Cow! Calibrachoa, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Superbena Whiteout Verbena
Dianthus 'Telstar Purple', Dianthus 'Telstar Scarlet'
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Casanova: Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Supertunia White Petunia, Superbena Dark Blue Verbena
Canopy of a Yellow Birch
 Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa, in bloom
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Fiber Optic Grass, Superbells Saffron Calibrachoa
Commendation Elm
Royal Raindrops Flowering Crabapple, Pink Double Knock Out Rose
Honey Locust
Katsura Tree
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
Superbells Tropical Sunrise Calibrachoa, Stratosphere Pink Picotee Gaura, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Kentucky Coffeetree
Flower of a Woodstock Hyacinth
Boxwood, Climbing Hydrangea, Burning Bush, Crimson King Norway Maple?
Eastern White Pine
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Berries of Red Chokeberry, in fall
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Grove of Black Alder
Moor Birch
American Hornbeam var virginiana
Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Luscious Lemonade Lantana
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Canopy of a White Satin Birch
Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena, Diamond Frost Spurge
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus, ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus, Colorblaze Dark Star Coleus
Andean Sage, in bloom
Distinctive London Planetree bark
Seaside Alder
Twist & Shout Big-Leaved Lacecap Hydrangea
Lucky Star: Superbells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa, Daredevil Salmon Zonal Geranium
Red Maple in fall
Old Blush China Rose, in bloom
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Windy City Hackberry
Korean Boxwood formal hedge
Eastern White Pine
White bark of a Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, in bloom
Leaves of an Autumn Purple White Ash, turning purple in fall
Mojave Tangerine Purslane
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
Autumn Blaze Maple turning color in Autumn
Amur Maple, in autumn
Madison White Satin Birch in fall
Vivacious: Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana, Graceful Grasses Red Riding Hood
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willows in fall
Superbells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa, SUNSATIA Blood Orange Nemesia, Vertigo Grass, Honey Supertunia, Black Pearl Heuchera, Black Pearl Ornamental Pepper
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Summer Cascade River Birch
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Wildfire: Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Superbena Scarlet Star Verbena


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