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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Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Superbena Pink Cashmere Verbena
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Vista Purple Sage
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Betula microphylla
Whitespire Gray Birch
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Bald Cypress
Korean Boxwood hedge
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
White Satin Birch
Black Maple in fall
American Elm
Japanese Walnut
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Green Giant Arborvitae
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Petra Croton
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Asiatic Lily
Whitespire Gray Birch
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
River Birch grove
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Mojave Tangerine Purslane
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Sunjoy Orange Pillar Barberry
Diamond Snow Spurge
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
American Witch Hazel in fall
Double Up White Begonia
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Fire Away Hot And Heavy Pepper
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
Mojave Red Purslane
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
River Birch
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
New Horizon Elm
Maryl Garden Mum
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Bark of a River Birch
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
October Skies Aromatic Aster
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Asian Black Birch
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Intenz Celosia
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
Casanova: Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Mesa Bright Bicolor Blanket Flower, in bloom
Pink Promise Hybrid Tea Rose, in bloom
Summer Cascade River Birch
Silver Maple
Mind Games: Superbells Blue Moon Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato
Rugel's Sugar Maple in fall
Caiman Key: Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Catalina Midnight Blue Wishbone Flower
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Little Walnut
Katsura Tree
Eastern White Pine
Fall Festival White Ash in Autumn
Flower of a Woodstock Hyacinth
Kentucky Coffeetree
Chinese Cork Oak
American Syacamore tree
Madison White Satin Birch in fall
Bald Cypress
Helichrysum thianschanicum, sometimes known as Curry Plant.
  Luscious Grape Lantana, Purple Petunia
White Satin Birch (Betula 'Madison')
Autumn Blaze Maple turning color in Autumn
Superhero Rose hedge
Trunk of a Whitespire Gray Birch
Twist & Shout Big-Leaved Lacecap Hydrangea
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Burning Bush, ready for planting in Autumn
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
Limelight Panicled Hydrangea
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
Backlit Maple in fall
 Superbells Holy Cow! Calibrachoa, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Superbena Whiteout Verbena
Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes Salvia
Two River Birch trunks
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Swamp White Oak
Red Sunset Red Maple
Canopy of a White Satin Birch
Autumn Applause White Ash, early fall
White bark of a Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
White Spruce
Old Blush China Rose, in bloom
Fall colors - Sugar Maple & Norway Maple
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
White Oak
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Fiber Optic Grass, Superbells Saffron Calibrachoa
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Snowstorm Giant Snowflake
Threeflower Maple in fall
Boxwood, Climbing Hydrangea, Burning Bush, Crimson King Norway Maple?
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
Mojave Mango Purslane
Autumn Blaze Freeman's Maple, in early Fall
Bombshell White Dipladenia
Bloodgood London Planetree
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Unique Panicle Hydrangea, in bloom
Elm-Leaved Birch
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Fiber Optic Grass, Blue Mohawk Rush
Leading Role: Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, Over Easy Calibrachoa, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells
Sawtooth Oak
Mature Painted Maple, in fall
Korean Maple in fall
Canopy of a Yellow Birch
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Korean Maple in fall
Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Fiber Optic Grass, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass
Chinkapin Oak
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Dawn Redwood
Bald Cypress
Windy City Hackberry
Canopy of an American Hornbeam
Andean Sage, in bloom
 Golden Japanese forest grass
River Birch
China Pink Hyacinth, in bloom
Coleman Sugar Maple
Moondance Floribunda Rose
Autumn Blaze Callery Pear?
Bur Oak
Moor Birch
Angelface White Angelonia
Seaside Alder
Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia
Canopy of Green Mountain Sugar Maple in fall
The leaves of the Sugar Maple shine in some of the brightest oranges in Autumn!
Sawtooth Oak
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
Common Witch-Hazel hedge, in fall
Fairy White Hyacinth, in bloom
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus
Superbells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa, SUNSATIA Blood Orange Nemesia, Vertigo Grass, Honey Supertunia, Black Pearl Heuchera, Black Pearl Ornamental Pepper
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Rockin' Fuchsia Salvia
Silver Falls Dichondra
Fox Valley River Birch
Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena, Diamond Frost Spurge
Leaves of an Autumn Purple White Ash, turning purple in fall
Korean Maple in fall
Superform Norway Maple
Korean Boxwood formal hedge
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Canopy of an American Elm
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, turning crimson in fall
3 Norway Spruce
Mealycup Sage, in bloom
Whitespire Gray Birch


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