Autumn Shrubs

 11 Perfect Autumn Shrubs (Plus Care Tips)

Shrubs are often defined as "miniature trees" with many stems, and a short height. If you are interested in deciduous plants (a plant that sheds leaves every year), it is important to know what is available.

To find out what you would like to add to your landscape or garden, read on to learn about some of the most popular autumn shrubs available.

1. Hydrangeas

You can find hydrangeas in many colors, shapes, and sizes. Although they may look very different, there are three things that are common to all hydrangeas:

      They prefer fertile soil

      They need constant moisture

      As you go south, more shade is needed

Tags you can read in plant nurseries may suggest planting your hydrangea in full sun, as it will usually wither if left in this place. Especially if you live in the southern part of the country the best way is to make sure they have plenty of shade.

2. Korean Spice Viburnum

Korean Spice Viburnum is a flowering, deciduous shrub with fragrant flowers. It produces beautiful pink flowers, the flowers start as pink buds and turn into white flowers with a hint of the original pink color.

It is best to plant this in the spring and give the plant enough time to develop a strong root system before the winter cold moves on.

3. Barberry "Rose Glow"

One of the "Rose Glow" type barberry or yellow-leafed forms will add color to your garden. In fact, it will maintain these colors during the growing season.

Shrubs will treat you by displaying their colorful leaves and changing flowers as the season's change. After the shrubs have shown their yellow flowers, the rose glow variety produces bright red berries in the fall and winter.

4. Dogwoods

Dogwoods, like hydrangeas, come in many shrub shapes and many colors. You can also find a wide variety of varieties, such as Siberian dogwood.

For three-season shrubs, try Forderkilla with dramatic flowers in spring with vibrant red, orange, or yellow autumn foliage.

5. Blue Chip Butterfly Bush

This bush gives a small size and produces many small flowers from its spikes. The flower is blue and appears from mid-summer to October.

To get the best flowers from the plant, it needs full sun. Although it can live in shady areas, it will not bloom, or the flowers will not be brightly colored.

Blue-chip butterfly bush needs well-drained soil, without which it can cause root rot.

6. Staghorn Sumacs

Another type of deciduous shrub, this type produces fern-like leaves. In the autumn it turns a deep crimson color.

Some people avoid these shrubs because of their wild and weed-like relatives, and because of the relationship, they have to poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy. However, the Stohorn Sumax is not poisonous or weeds and grows well in shade or sun.

7. Gold Mound Spirea

The most notable feature of the golden ridge spirea is the bright, golden leaves that grow in the spring and turn a brilliant yellow in the fall. While other shrubs can produce more striking foliage or better flowers, the golden ridge is nothing more than a spirea when it comes to spring foliage.

The shrub is two to three feet high and three to four feet wide when fully grown. It requires partial full sun and prefers clay soils.

8. Burkwood Daphne

When fully grown, this shrub is three to four feet tall, making it ideal for areas where you want a smaller one, but nothing larger. It has blue-green leaves that are semi-green and produce pink and white flowers in May.

Daphne can be tricky to grow. This requires well-drained soil that is neutral and slightly alkaline. It thrives in full sun or partial shade.

9. Bush Honeysuckle

When the bush honeysuckle shrub grows, the newly emerging foliage will be green and bronze. In autumn the leaves turn orange and red.

When mature, the bush will be three feet tall and will produce yellow trumpet-shaped flowers in June or July. Bush Honeysuckle is a shade-tolerant shrub but absorbs easily. This plant is commonly used to cover the ground in shady hills and slopes.

10. Potentilla

Potentilla is another deciduous shrub that grows to a height of two to three feet. It blooms from late spring to summer and is orange Su will produce red, pink, white, gold, or yellow flowers. If you live in areas with high temperatures, you may notice that some of the colors fade over time.

The flowers may fade in color and the bush will tolerate high temperatures and drought. After about two or three years, you may notice that your shrub looks a bit rotten or bad. These plants can be revived by pruning the ground in winter.

11. Indian Currant Coralberry

Indian currant coralberry does not have much ornamental Value, but it is exceptionally adaptable and can thrive in many climates and temperatures. It grows best on clay soils, shade, and other sites where plants do not perform well.

When fully grown, it is three to four feet tall and produces small, berry-like fruits that turn reddish-purple in autumn and last until winter.

Since this plant is absorbent, if you have a steep slope on your property, you can use it as a source of terrain.