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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Bright Lights White African Daisy
Snowstorm Rose Bacopa
Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa
Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Superbena Pink Cashmere Verbena
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Vista Purple Sage
River Birch
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
American Elm
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Asiatic Lily
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Asian Black Birch
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
Intenz Celosia
Maryl Garden Mum
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Whitespire Gray Birch
Whitespire Gray Birch
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Bald Cypress
Petra Croton
Korean Boxwood hedge
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
Double Up White Begonia
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Japanese Walnut
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
Mojave Mango Purslane
Mojave Red Purslane
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Betula microphylla
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
New Horizon Elm
Fire Away Hot And Heavy Pepper
  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
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
White Satin Birch
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Green Giant Arborvitae
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
Silver Falls Dichondra
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Casanova: Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Black Maple in fall
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Bark of a River Birch
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
American Witch Hazel in fall
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
Sunjoy Orange Pillar Barberry
River Birch grove
Sky Rocket Fountain Grass, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo Petunia, Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Twist & Shout Big-Leaved Lacecap Hydrangea
Little Walnut
Korean Maple in fall
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Trunk of a Whitespire Gray Birch
3 Norway Spruce
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Mojave Tangerine Purslane
Virginia Creeper leaves turn bright red in fall
Freeman's Maple - Autumn Blaze
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
Vivacious: Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana, Graceful Grasses Red Riding Hood
Moor Birch
Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes Salvia
Trinity Callery Pear
Black Walnut
Commendation Elm
The leaves of the Sugar Maple shine in some of the brightest oranges in Autumn!
Moondance Floribunda Rose
Trinity Callery Pear
Honey Locust
 Luscious Lemonade Lantana, in bloom
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Royal Raindrops Flowering Crabapple, Pink Double Knock Out Rose
Autumn Applause White Ash, early fall
China Pink Hyacinth flowers
Fox Valley River Birch
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Autumn Blaze Callery Pear?
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Threeflower Maple in fall
Mature Painted Maple, in fall
New Harmony American Elm
Burning Bush, ready for planting in Autumn
Jackii Siberian Crabapple in fall
Arkansas Blue Star, Fountain Grass
Mount Airy Fothergilla hedge in fall
 Legacy Sugar Maple
Two River Birch trunks
Fox Valley River Birch
Helichrysum thianschanicum, sometimes known as Curry Plant.
 Supertunia Vista Fuchsia
Little Lamb Panicle Hydrangea in fall
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Maple, in fall
A Sugar Maple canopy
Merlot® Bird Cherry
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Fiber Optic Grass, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass
Grove of Black Alder
Canopy of an Asian Black Birch
Sugar Maple
Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena, Diamond Frost Spurge
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Fiber Optic Grass, Superbells Saffron Calibrachoa
Red Maple in fall
Diamond Snow Spurge
Canopy of a White Satin Birch
Kentucky Coffeetree
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Snowstorm Giant Snowflake
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Angelface White Angelonia
Summer Cascade River Birch
Korean Maple in fall
Autumn Blaze Freeman's Maple, in early Fall
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
 Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass, Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana
Distinctive London Planetree bark
Swamp White Oak
Superbells Coralberry Punch Calibrachoa
  Luscious Grape Lantana, Purple Petunia
Chinkapin Oak
Fall Festival White Ash in Autumn
Little Leaf Linden
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Blooms of the Little Lime Panicled Hydrangea turn pink as they age
Mind Games: Superbells Blue Moon Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana), turning orange in fall
Bombshell White Dipladenia
White Oak
White Satin Birch (Betula 'Madison')
Superbells Tropical Sunrise Calibrachoa, Stratosphere Pink Picotee Gaura, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Vista Purple Sage, Fireworks Gomphrena, Benary's Giant Zinnia
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Eastern White Pine
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
Sawtooth Oak
Fiber Optic Grass, Blue Mohawk Rush
Windy City Hackberry
Mesa Bright Bicolor Blanket Flower, in bloom
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, turning crimson in fall
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Caiman Key: Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Catalina Midnight Blue Wishbone Flower
Sawtooth Oak
Canopy of Betula microphylla
Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, in bloom
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Endowment Sugar Maple
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
Korean Sun Pear, in Autumn
Coleman Sugar Maple
Rockin' Fuchsia Salvia
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Fountain Grass
Boxwood, Climbing Hydrangea, Burning Bush, Crimson King Norway Maple?
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Climbing Hydrangea
Canopy of a Yellow Birch
Hills of Snow Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora')
Silver Maple
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
Maple Leaf Oak, in Autumn
Distinctive bark of the Bloodgood London Planetree


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