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
Superbells Tangerine Punch Calibrachoa
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens
Superbena Pink Cashmere Verbena
Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower
Mixed mums bordered by yew hedges
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), in fall
Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Trademark bark of the Paper Birch
Scalet oak is best-known for the brilliant red of its autumn foliage
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, ? Mums
Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple parties hardest in fall!  Behind, is a standard issue Sugar Maple for comparison...
Autumn Purple White Ash, in fall
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Leaves of the Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in autumn
Maryl Garden Mum, Junkyard Dog Dahlia
Sugar Maple, turning orange in Autumn
Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth, in bloom
Betula microphylla
American Witch Hazel in fall
River Birch grove
Whitespire Gray Birch
Maryl Garden Mum
New Horizon Elm
Black Maple in fall
Vista Purple Sage
Asiatic Lily
Intenz Celosia in front of Mona Lavender
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Korean Boxwood hedge
Andean Sage, Tardiva Panicle Hydrange, Blue Paradise Garden Phlox, Lamb's Ears
Dianthus 'Floral Lace Picotee'
Katsura Tree, in autumn
Flowers of Mealycup Sage
Fairy White Hyacinth at the Chicago Garden Show
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper, Late Panicle Hydrangea, Crystal Peak White Obedient Plant
Bald Cypress
American Elm
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple trees, all in a row
Burning Bushes, Ornamental Grasses
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea, Virginia Creeper
ColorBlaze Wicked Witch Coleus
Asian Black Birch
Whitespire Gray Birch
Fire Away Hot And Heavy Pepper
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Autumn Blaze Freeman Maple
An Autumn Blaze Red Maple blazes in fall...
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Supertunia Vista Fuchsia, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Hybrid Musk Rose in front of Evolution Mealycup Sage
River Birch
Bombshell Coral Pink Dipladenia
Angelface White Angelonia
Bark of a River Birch
  Diamond Frost Spurge, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Timeless Pink Geranium
Sunstar Rose Egyptian Star Flower
Sunjoy Orange Pillar Barberry
White Satin Birch
Shasta Doublefile Viburnum, in Autumn
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Superbells Double Blue Million Bells
Ruby Anniversary Abelia
Japanese Walnut
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
Green Mountain Sugar Maple, brilliant orange in fall
Petra Croton
Wildfire: Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Superbena Scarlet Star Verbena
'Rockapulco Tropical Shades Common Impatiens
Green Giant Arborvitae
Sugar Maple, starting to turn
Colorblaze Lime Time Coleus, Fiber Optic Grass, Superbells Saffron Calibrachoa
Luscious Goldengate Lantana
Snowstorm Snow Globe Bacopa
Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells
Bombshell White Dipladenia
Crescendo Sugar Maple in fall glory
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy
Mojave Mango Purslane
Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower
Proven Accents Petite Licorice
Heuchera 'Obsidian' contrasts nicely with the green foliage of Hostas
Sky Rocket Fountain Grass, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista Indigo Petunia, Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow
Intenz Celosia
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Sugar Maple in front of Birch & Hosta
Shagbark Hickory leaves turning yellow in fall
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willow, and ? Mums
Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus
Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Blue Mohawk Rush, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Supertunia Trailing Blue Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Orange fall foliage of a Sugar Maple glows in the distance
Sweet Mango: Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia
Seaside Alder
Backlit Maple in fall
Trinity Callery Pear
Canopy of Betula microphylla
Mature Painted Maple, in fall
Freeman's Maple - Autumn Blaze
Red Maple are often yellow in fall
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Big Blue Lilyturf, Kale, etc.
Luscious Lemonade Lantana
A Sugar Maple canopy
Little Leaf Linden
Royal Raindrops Flowering Crabapple, Pink Double Knock Out Rose
Moondance Floribunda Rose
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Andean Sage, in bloom
Distinctive London Planetree bark
Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes Salvia
Canopy of an Asian Black Birch
Mini Vista Violet Star Petunia, Supertunia Mini Vista White Petunia
Hedge Maze at the Morton Arboretum
Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena, Diamond Frost Spurge
Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana), turning orange in fall
Korean Sun Pear, in Autumn
Jack Frost Siberian Bugloss
Bur Oak
Miyabe Maple, in early fall
Two River Birch trunks
Autumn Blaze Maple turning color in Autumn
Helichrysum thianschanicum, sometimes known as Curry Plant.
Eastern White Pine
Fox Valley River Birch
Maple, in fall
Superbells Coralberry Punch Calibrachoa
Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush
Silver Maple
Yellow Birch
Canopy of a Japanese Walnut
Hills of Snow Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora')
Common Witch-Hazel hedge, in fall
American Hornbeam var virginiana
Bloodgood London Planetree
Sunstar Red Egyptian Star Flower
Flowers of Supertunia Vista Silverberry
Merlot® Bird Cherry
Flowers of Splendid Cornelia Hyacinth
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Mealycup Sage, in bloom
 Golden Japanese forest grass
Red Sunset Red Maple
Prairie Flame Dwarf Sumac, in fall
Leaves of an Autumn Purple White Ash, turning purple in fall
  Luscious Grape Lantana, Purple Petunia
Silver Falls Dichondra
Red Oak
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus
Berries of Red Chokeberry, in fall
Mount Airy Fothergilla hedge in fall
Bright Lights White African Daisy
Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress
Asiatic Lily, in bloom
Red Jewel Crabapple
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Mojave Tangerine Purslane
Mature White Spruce
Chinkapin Oak
Commendation Elm
Bald Cypress
Autumn Blaze Pear, Weeping Willows in fall
Mesa Bright Bicolor Blanket Flower, in bloom
Coleman Sugar Maple
Red Monarch Fothergilla hedge in fall
Casanova: Superbells Plum Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Opal Innocence Nemesia
Virginia Creeper, in fall
Purple Rain Lilac Sage
Elm-Leaved Birch
White Satin Birch (Betula 'Madison')
Madison White Satin Birch in fall
Bald Cypress
Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, Kale, etc.
Diamond Snow Spurge
Rugel's Sugar Maple in fall
Autumn Purple White Ash, starting to turn in fall
Korean Boxwood formal hedge
Double Up White Begonia
Eastern White Pine
Autumn Applause White Ash, early fall
Unique Panicle Hydrangea, in bloom
Rockin' Fuchsia Salvia
Andean Sage, Virginia Creeper
Superhero Rose hedge
Tuscan Sun Ox-Eye Daisy, Diamond Frost Spurge
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Limelight Panicled Hydrangea
Mojave Red Purslane
Paper Birch
Mind Games: Superbells Blue Moon Punch Calibrachoa, Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia, Sweet Caroline Medusa Green Sweet Potato
Leading Role: Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, Over Easy Calibrachoa, Superbells Coral Sun Million Bells
Laguna Sky Blue Lobelia, Snowstorm Giant Snowflake
Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, in bloom
ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus
Old Blush China Rose, in bloom
Vivacious: Blackie Sweet Potato Vine, Luscious Citrus Blend Lantana, Graceful Grasses Red Riding Hood
The leaves of the Sugar Maple shine in some of the brightest oranges in Autumn!
Supertunia Bermuda Beach Petunia, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Diamond Frost Spurge
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Renaissance Reflection Paper Birch
Boxwood, Climbing Hydrangea, Burning Bush, Crimson King Norway Maple?
Redbud, in fall
Arkansas Blue Star, Fountain Grass
Asian Black Birch
Sweet Shadow Sugar Maple, in fall


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