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
Superbena Pink Cashmere Verbena
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens
Snowstorm Rose Bacopa
Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
Intenz Celosia
Bark of a River Birch
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Whitespire Gray Birch
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Asian Black Birch
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
River Birch
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
White Satin Birch
Bald Cypress
Green Giant Arborvitae
Japanese Walnut
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
Vista Purple Sage
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
Whitespire Gray Birch
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
New Horizon Elm
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
Asiatic Lily
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Silver Falls Dichondra
American Elm
Maryl Garden Mum
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus
Sunjoy Orange Pillar Barberry
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Black Maple in fall
Mojave Red Purslane
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
American Witch Hazel in fall
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
River Birch grove
Korean Boxwood hedge
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Petra Croton
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Betula microphylla
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Diamond Snow Spurge
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Katsura Tree
Maryl Garden Mum, Flamingo Purple Wheat Celosia
Little Leaf Linden
Fairy White Hyacinth, in bloom
White Spruce
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Sky Rocket Fountain Grass, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo Petunia, Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia
Summer Cascade River Birch
Moor Birch
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Woodstock Hyacinth, in bloom
Ponderosa Pine
 Supertunia Vista Fuchsia
Mature Painted Maple, in fall
Asian Black Birch
Maple, in fall
Virginia Creeper leaves turn bright red in fall
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Canopy of an American Elm
Sugar Maple
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Superhero Rose hedge
Canopy of Green Mountain Sugar Maple in fall
Little Lamb Panicle Hydrangea in fall
Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in fall
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Wavecrest Siebold's Viburnum, in fall
New Harmony American Elm
Jackii Siberian Crabapple in fall
Fire Away Hot And Heavy Pepper
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Sweet Mango: Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia
Flowers of the Polyantha Rose
Moondance Floribunda Rose
Leading Role: Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, Over Easy Calibrachoa, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia
Sherwood Glen Green Ash, in fall
Bloodgood London Planetree
 Legacy Sugar Maple
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Honey Locust
Coleman Sugar Maple
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
Twist & Shout Big-Leaved Lacecap Hydrangea
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Kentucky Coffeetree
Vista Purple Sage, Fireworks Gomphrena, Benary's Giant Zinnia
Bombshell White Dipladenia
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Fiber Optic Grass, Blue Mohawk Rush
Vivacious: Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana, Graceful Grasses Red Riding Hood
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper
Autumn Blaze Callery Pear?
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Seaside Alder
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Diamond Frost Spurge, Blue Mohawk Rush, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Bald Cypress
Angelface White Angelonia
River Birch
 Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa, in bloom
Autumn Blaze Freeman's Maple, in early Fall
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Black Maple in fall
Swamp White Oak
Limoncello Supertunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Flowers of Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth
Eastern White Pine
Windy City Hackberry
American Syacamore tree
3 Norway Spruce
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Threeflower Maple in fall
Fall colors - Sugar Maple & Norway Maple
 Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass, Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana
Red Maple in fall
Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Supertunia White Petunia, Superbena Dark Blue Verbena
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus, ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus, Colorblaze Dark Star Coleus
Trinity Callery Pear
A Sugar Maple canopy
Black Walnut
Madison White Satin Birch in fall
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Kale, etc.
Auvergne Scots Pine
American Hornbeam var virginiana
Sawtooth Oak
Common Witch-Hazel hedge, in fall
White Satin Birch (Betula 'Madison')
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Suzanne Dwarf Fothergilla
Mount Airy Fothergilla hedge in fall
Elm-Leaved Birch
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Mojave Mango Purslane
White bark of a Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Seven-Son Flower hedge, in bloom
Fox Valley River Birch
Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes Salvia
Fox Valley River Birch
Double Up White Begonia
Mesa Bright Bicolor Blanket Flower, in bloom
Paper Birch
Dianthus 'Telstar Purple', Dianthus 'Telstar Scarlet'
Redbud, in fall
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Canopy of an American Hornbeam
Endowment Sugar Maple
Chinkapin Oak
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Washington Hawthorn
Whitespire Gray Birch
Washington Hawthorn


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