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


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