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
Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa
Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Whitespire Gray Birch
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Vista Purple Sage
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Bald Cypress
Intenz Celosia
River Birch grove
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
Black Maple in fall
Korean Boxwood hedge
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
American Elm
American Witch Hazel in fall
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
White Satin Birch
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
Bark of a River Birch
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Japanese Walnut
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Asiatic Lily
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Petra Croton
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Green Giant Arborvitae
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
River Birch
Mojave Mango Purslane
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Asian Black Birch
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Betula microphylla
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
Mojave Tangerine Purslane
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Wildfire: Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Superbena Scarlet Star Verbena
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes Salvia
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Double Up White Begonia
Silver Falls Dichondra
New Horizon Elm
Sunjoy Orange Pillar Barberry
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Maryl Garden Mum
Diamond Snow Spurge
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Fiber Optic Grass, Superbells Saffron Calibrachoa
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Whitespire Gray Birch
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
Angelface White Angelonia
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
Rockin' Fuchsia Salvia
Unique Panicle Hydrangea, in bloom
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in fall
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Fox Valley River Birch
Inniswood Hosta
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, turning crimson in fall
Distinctive bark of the Bloodgood London Planetree
Korean Maple in fall
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Redbud, in fall
Katsura Tree
Superform Norway Maple
 Luscious Lemonade Lantana, in bloom
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Canopy of Betula microphylla
Red Maple in fall
Bombshell White Dipladenia
Miyabe Maple, in early fall
Royal Raindrops Flowering Crabapple, Pink Double Knock Out Rose
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Washington Hawthorn
Swamp White Oak
Flowers of the Polyantha Rose
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Canopy of an American Elm
Mojave Red Purslane
Seven-Son Flower hedge, in bloom
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Snowstorm Giant Snowflake
Trunk of a Whitespire Gray Birch
River Birch
Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Lemon Symphony African Daisy, Tukana Raspberry Verbena
Sawtooth Oak
 Superbells Holy Cow! Calibrachoa, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Superbena Whiteout Verbena
Bald Cypress
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Korean Maple in fall
Little Leaf Linden
Canopy of a Japanese Walnut
New Harmony American Elm
Boxwood, Climbing Hydrangea, Burning Bush, Crimson King Norway Maple?
Trinity Callery Pear
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
White Spruce
3 Norway Spruce
Bald Cypress
Luscious Lemonade Lantana
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Windy City Hackberry
Black Walnut
Flower of a Woodstock Hyacinth
Little Lamb Panicle Hydrangea in fall
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Common Witch-Hazel hedge, in fall
Trinity Callery Pear
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus, ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus, Colorblaze Dark Star Coleus
Red Jewel Crabapple
Red Maple are often yellow in fall
Climbing Hydrangea
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Black Maple in fall
View from underneath Green Mountain Sugar Maple, as leaves begin to turn
Paper Birch
Purple Petticoats Coral Bells
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
Light Blue Flame Garden Phlox
Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Fiber Optic Grass, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass
Old Blush China Rose, in bloom
Kentucky Coffeetree
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Chinese Cork Oak
Seaside Alder
Burning Bush, ready for planting in Autumn
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Ponderosa Pine
Forest Prince Serviceberry, in fall
Summer Cascade River Birch
Fiber Optic Grass, Blue Mohawk Rush
Limoncello Supertunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Jack Frost Siberian Bugloss
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Mesa Bright Bicolor Blanket Flower, in bloom
Swamp White Oak
Canopy of an Asian Black Birch
Superbells Tropical Sunrise Calibrachoa, Stratosphere Pink Picotee Gaura, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Grove of Black Alder
Arkansas Blue Star, Fountain Grass
Washington Hawthorn
Honey Locust
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Big Blue Lilyturf, Kale, etc.
Autumn Applause White Ash, early fall
 Golden Japanese forest grass
Moondance Floribunda Rose
Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, in bloom
Mind Games: Superbells Blue Moon Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato
Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia
Windy City Hackberry
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus
Bur Oak
 Legacy Sugar Maple
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Autumn Blaze Maple turning color in Autumn
Windy City White Ash
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Non-Stop Yellow Tuberous Begonia, Goldilocks Creeping Jenny, Superbells Yellow Petunia, Diamond Frost Spurge
Fox Valley River Birch
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
Canopy of an Asian Black Birch
Mount Airy Fothergilla hedge in fall


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Plants which are well-adapted to our local climate are most often field-grown (outside). Field-grown plants are generally cheaper and have the advantage of already somewhat acclimated to our cold winters, but that means they’re not artificially far along in the spring and tend to bloom at the normal time in our area.

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