PLANTS FOR AUTUMN INTEREST
Bruce Crawford
Director, Rutgers Gardens

Flowers-Woody
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklinia
Hamamelis virginiana - Witchhazel
Mahonia x media "Charity"
Osmanthus heterophyllus - Tea Holly  'Goshiki'
                                                              'sasaba'

Flowers- Herbaceous
 Aster oblongifolius - Aromatic Aster  'October Skies'
                                                            'Raydon's Favorite'
Aster tataricus - Tatarian Daisy  'Jindai'
Helianthus angustifolius - Swamp Sunflower
Leonotis leonurus - Lion's Ear
Salvia leucantha - Mexican Bush Sage

Flowers - Bulb
Colchicum autumnale  - 'Alba'  Autumn Crocus 
Colchicum x  'Lilac Wonder'  Autumn Crocus
Colchicum  x 'Waterlily'  Autumn Crocus
Crocus speciosus   'Aitchisonii'  Autumn Crocus
Cyclamen hederifolium - Hardy Cyclamen

​Foliage Color
Acorus gramineus  'Ogon' - Golden Sweetflag
Amsonia hubrichtii  Blue Star Amsonia
Calamagrostis brachytricha - Korean Reed Grass
Carex morrowii  'Ice Dance' - Japanese Sedge
Cercidiphyllum japonicum - Katsura Tree
Hydrangea quercifolia - Oakleaf Hydrangea
Lindera glauca - Spicebush
Nuscanthus x purpurescens - Miscanthus
Nyssa sylvatica - Blackgum
Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' - Dallas Blues Switch Grass
Parrotia persica - Persian Ironwood
Rhus arinatuca 'Grow-Low - Fragrant Sumac
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation' - Little Bluestem


Fruit
Actea pachypoda - Doll Eyes
Actinidea kolomitka - Kiwi
Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' - Black Chokeberry
Asimina triloba -  Pawpaw
Callicapa americana - American Beauty Berry
Callicarpa dichotoma - Beauty Berry
Poncirus trifoliate  'Flying Dragon' -  Hardy Orange
Rohdea japonica - Sacred Lily
Viburnum dilatatum - 'Michael Dodge' - Linden Viburnum
Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur - Smooth Witherod
















































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