Golden brown
variety called Golden Hornet has a pure, vivid glow and there’s a type with cherry red apples called Red Sentinel. These trees can offer sensational flowers in spring, lovely summer cover and fruits in the autumn too.
COTONEASTER
In addition to that, there is a really nice shrub called cotoneaster. There are many different varieties, you can get ground cover varieties and tree cotoneasters, but they all have bright berries with them. Some are red, some are amber. This particular variety, cotoneaster horizontalis, is also known as herring- bone cotoneaster, with branches growing in opposite directions like a fishtail. These bear not only lovely foliage for structure, but masses of autumnal colour from the clusters of berries too. It’s perfect to put underneath a window, against the side of the wall, or as a small shrub in borders.
AZALEAS
There are two types of outdoor azaleas – evergreens, small and green throughout the year in bright colours, and deciduous azaleas which lose their leaves during autumn. As they lose them, the leaves turn into brilliant shades of scarlet, burnt oranges and golds. These grow slightly taller than their evergreen friends and give a huge amount of garden interest.
SORBUS AUCUPARIA
Also known as rowan or mountain ash, this small tree is another for fantastic shades – you get the autumn colour and the berries. And not just red berries. There’s one called Joseph Rock which has lovely golden berries while Sorbus vilmorinii has almost mother of pearl colouring – white but with flushes of pink throughout.
BLUEBERRY
A blueberry shrub is great for its delicious and healthy berries, is a really great medium- sized fruit bush in borders – and you get spectacular autumn colour as they lose their foliage for winter as well.
PUMPKINS
It’s remarkably easy to grow pumpkins – from seed, earlier in the season, or as young plantlets in spring. Some varieties, like Atlantic Giant, grow quite large and are edible too. You can grow them between plants or in raised beds to give flares of striking orange tones amidst your garden greenery.
Adorn your outdoor space in spectacular cold-season colour and it will lift your garden right through to spring.