Autumn 2003
  

October 13.  New England Aster
(Aster novae-angliae ‘Treasurer’),
a native perennial plant. 
  

October 18.  Witch Hazel
(Hamamelis virginiana). 
This native shrub flowers in the fall.
  

October 26.  Black Gum
(Nyssa sylvatica),
a native tree, with bright shiny red leaves in autumn.

October 26.  Sassafras
(Sassafras albidum),
another native tree, has one to five-lobed leaves. 
Overlapping on the right side are the leaves of a
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum ‘Burgandy Lace.’)
 

October 26.  Sweet Gum leaves litter a garden seating area.
 

November 1. The leaves of Sweet Gum
(Liquadambar styriciflua) on this native tree are orange and red.
 

November 1.  Leaves on this Black Gum are becoming red.

November 1.  Red leaves of a Japanese Maple
(Acer palmatum ‘Burgandy Lace’)
contrast with the green foliage of Viburnum and Arbor vitae.

November 1.  Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia),
a native shrub, is an all seasons’ plant. 
 In autumn its leaves change from green to red to purple. 

November 1.  Autumn. The gardener’s time to rest until next spring.