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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Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Japanese Walnut
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
New Horizon Elm
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Asiatic Lily
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
White Satin Birch
River Birch grove
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
American Witch Hazel in fall
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Black Maple in fall
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Vista Purple Sage
Betula microphylla
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
Green Giant Arborvitae
Whitespire Gray Birch
Asian Black Birch
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Snowstorm Giant Snowflake
Luscious Lemonade Lantana
Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena, Diamond Frost Spurge
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willows in fall
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
Swamp White Oak
Red Monarch Fothergilla hedge in fall
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Fiber Optic Grass, Blue Mohawk Rush
Amur Maple, in autumn
Eastern White Pine
London Planetree (Platanus x acerifolia)
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana), turning orange in fall
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Chinkapin Oak
Wildfire: Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Superbena Scarlet Star Verbena
Mind Games: Superbells Blue Moon Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato
Burning Bush, ready for planting in Autumn
Light Blue Flame Garden Phlox
Arkansas Blue Star, Fountain Grass
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Petra Croton
China Pink Hyacinth flowers
American Syacamore tree
Sugar Maple, early fall
Bloodgood London Planetree
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Korean Boxwood formal hedge
Pink Promise Hybrid Tea Rose, in bloom
Red Sunset Red Maple
Flowers of the Polyantha Rose
Canopy of an Asian Black Birch
Sweet Mango: Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia
Auvergne Scots Pine
Elm-Leaved Birch
Superhero Rose hedge
Bark of a River Birch
Ponderosa Pine
Intenz Celosia
 Snowstorm Giant Snowflake, in bloom
Andean Sage, in bloom
October Glory Red Maple
Dawn Redwood
Eastern White Pine
Unplugged Pink Mealycup Sage, Safari Sky South African Phlox
Suzanne Dwarf Fothergilla
Supertunia Vista Paradise Petunia, Infinity Pink New Guinea Impatiens, Colorblaze Torchlight Coleus
Threeflower Maple in fall
Inniswood Hosta
Vivacious: Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana, Graceful Grasses Red Riding Hood
Endowment Sugar Maple, in fall
Maple Leaf Oak, in Autumn
Arrowwood Viburnum, in fall
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
 Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass, Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Bur Oak
Superbells Coralberry Punch Calibrachoa
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Whitespire Gray Birch
Golden Japanese forest grass
Leaves of Threeflower Maple in fall
Casanova: Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
New Harmony American Elm
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
American Elm
Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Fiber Optic Grass, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass
Superbells Pomegranate Punch, Superbells Tropical Sunrise Calibrachoa, Fireworks Variegated Red Fountain Grass, Honey Supertunia
Red Maple in fall
Chinese Cork Oak
Canopy of Betula microphylla
Unplugged Pink Mealycup Sage, Cake Pops Pink Tuberous Verbena, Sweet Caroline Raven Improved Sweet Potato
Fox Valley River Birch
Black Walnut
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Fiber Optic Grass, Superbells Saffron Calibrachoa
Whitespire Gray Birch
Red Maple are often yellow in fall
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Canopy of a Japanese Walnut
Mount Airy Fothergilla hedge in fall
Diamond Frost Spurge, Blue Mohawk Rush, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Grove of Black Alder
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Endowment Sugar Maple
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
Korean Boxwood hedge
Canopy of a White Satin Birch
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
 Legacy Sugar Maple
 Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge
Caiman Key: Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Catalina Midnight Blue Wishbone Flower
Autumn Blaze Callery Pear?
Fall colors - Sugar Maple & Norway Maple
Flowers of Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth
Sky Rocket Fountain Grass, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo Petunia, Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia
  Luscious Grape Lantana, Purple Petunia
River Birch
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato, Honey Supertunia
Wavecrest Siebold's Viburnum, in fall
Bald Cypress
Vermillionaire Firecracker Plant, Bright Lights Yellow African Daisy, Lil' Forest Plum Bachelor Button
Sugar Maple
Fall color of Bush-Honeysuckle
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in fall
Marmo Freeman's Maple
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Virginia Creeper
Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Fireworks Variegated Red Fountain Grass, Lime Light Hydrangea, Pinky Winky Panicle Hydrangea, Bobo Panicle Hydrangea, Non-Stop Joy Yellow Tuberous Begonia, Goldilocks Rocks Bidens
White Oak
Playin' the Blues Salvia
Bright Lights Red African Daisy, Sunbini Creeping Zinnia, Moonlight Knight Sweet Alyssum
Freeman's Maple - Autumn Blaze
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Padre Yellow Belgian Mum, in bloom
 Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa, in bloom
Truffula Pink Globe Amaranth, in bloom
Attaryi Japanese Maple, in fall
Prince Tut Papyrus, Supertunia Lovie Dovie Petunia, Supertunia Royal Magenta Petunia, Superbena Whiteout Verbena
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Moor Birch
Superbells Double Orchid Calibrachoa, Superbells Pink Calibrachoa
Eastern White Pine
American Hazelnut
Majesty Purple Decorative Mum, in bloom
Padre Purple Belgian Mum, in bloom
Flowers of Double Delight Primrose Begonia
Surefire Rose Begonia, Endless Illumination Browallia, Silver Falls Dichondra, Rockapulco Wisteria Impatiens, Crested Surf Japanese Painted Fern, Dolce Wildberry Coralbells
Maryl Garden Mum
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Ivory Feathers Dwarf Pampas Grass
American Hornbeam var virginiana
Mystic Spires Improved Sage, in bloom
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Avalon Pink Garden Mum, in bloom
Visions in Red Astilbe
Summer Cascade River Birch
Sangria Pepper
Virginia Creeper leaves turn bright red in fall
Dawyck's Gold Upright European Beech in fall
Pink Bomb Chrysanthemum
Soprano White Bedding Impatiens, in bloom
Yellow Birch
Alumroot 'Electra', Little Suzie Witch Hazel, Peter III Blue Aster, Sunrich Lemon Sunflower
Supertunia Vista Jazzberry, in bloom
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Vista Purple Sage, Fireworks Gomphrena, Benary's Giant Zinnia
Canopy of Green Mountain Sugar Maple in fall
Graceful Grasses Vertigo, Silver Bullet Wormwood, Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia, Silver Gumdrop Coral Bells, Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
Nagoya Red Kale
Grand Bleu Bluebeard, in bloom
Eaton Canyon Fountain Grass
 Supertunia Vista Fuchsia
Boldly Coral Geranium, in bloom
Charmed Wine Shamrock


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