Trees & Shrubs for Autumn Foliage List

Trees:

Acer (maple),Japanese,red,canadian,sugar
Birch (yellow,golds,weeping  & upright forms)
Hickory, pecan, and walnut
Catapla (dull yellow,lovely flowers in summer)
Cornus (flowers,berries,foliage)
Cotinus (smoke tree flowers & unique red foliage)
Hawthorn (berries)
Persimmon (brilliant fruits )
Fraxinus (Ash,yellow,russet to red-purple foliage)
Ginkgo (golden)
Gleditschia ( honey locust,golden "rain" plus wisteria blooms)
Kolhreuteria (golden rain tree,golden flowers,pod,leaves)
Malus ( crabapples plus leaves)
Nyssa ( nis'sa or tupelo, brilliant red foliage)
Plums ( various )
Oaks ( red & russet)
Willow ( golden)
 
Shrubs:
 
Abelia ( russet bracts against white blooms )
Berberis ( red/orange/purple foliage,berries,thorns)
Cottoneaster (berries)
Hydrangea (various)
Lagerstroemeria (crepe myrtle:flowers,orange/red foliage)
Nandina (foliage,flowers,berries hardy)
Rhus (red foliage)
Grapes,virginia creeper,boston ivy
 
Colourful Foliage ( Year-round):
 
Varigated Abutilon (cream on green & flowers)
Abelia ( russet on deep glossy green & flowers)
Acacia ( wattle flowers,feathery often silver/grey foliage)
Acers ( orange,purple,red,light green to cream foliage)
Berberis (purple foliage & berries)
Acuba Japonica ( golden,spectacular for shade)
Pseudopanix, gold dust and hybrids
Nandina ( red/orange varigated foliage;some have flowers,berries)
Weigelia ( varigated cream over white,lovely flowers)
Metrosideros (varigated foliage,flowers)
Flaxes (various)
Westringia (greys,silvers,white blooms,hardy)
Prostanthera (mint bushes,various forms & varigations plus flowers)

Many Evergreens:

Cedar (Atlantic blue,deodara)
Chamaecyparis ( silver,golds,yellows,greys)
Cupressa (golden swaine)
Thuja ( greens,orange,golden,burnt shades)
Coprosma (deep green,yellow,white,glossy)
Cordyline (varigated,purple)
Dodonea (red-purple foliage & flowers)
Gleditschia & Robinia ( golden feathery foliage)
Pittosporum ( various silver,green,gold varigations )
Osmanthus (varigated "holly" fragrant autumn flowers)
Purple Plum ( bronze foliage, pink blooms)
 
Shrubs & Trees Season When They Flower:
 
Winter:
 
Acacia
Banksia
Bauhinia
Buddleia Salvifolia
Camellia
Cassia
Cuphea
Daphne
Erica
Gordonia
Hakea
Hebe
Jasmine
Lavender
Polygala
Thrytomine
Viburnum Tinus
Luculia
Rhododendron & Azalea species
 
Autumn:
 
Cassia
Banksia
Bauhinia
Shrimp Plant
Camellia
Cuphea
Datura
Gardenia
Hibiscus
Grevilleas
Leptospernum
Tibouchina
Buddleia
Osmanthus
 
Summer:
 
Abutilon
Acacia
Albizzia
Bouganvillea
Buddleia
Callistemon
Cassia
Catalpa
Magnolia
Cestrum
Fuchsia
Grevillea
Hydrangea
Jacaranda
Lagunaria
Golden rain tree
Melaluca
Oleander
Prostanthera
Cobaea & Clematis
 
Spring:
 
Acacia
horse chestnut
Azalea
Rhododendron
Camellia
bauhinia
Boronia
Callistemon
Choysia
Kalmia
Cornus
Plum
Cherry
Peach
Almond
Nectarine
Cytisus
diosma
Hakea
Grevillea
Magnolias
Nandinas
Lilac
Tamarix
Weigelia
 
Berries:
 
Ardisia
Cornus
Holly
Melia
Nandina
Crabapples
Pyracantha
Viburnum
Comprosma
Karaka