Top 5 Trees You Need for Fall Color | NatureHills.com

5. Baldcypress Trees
These trees are sometimes overlooked in the fall color game and personally, I think that’s mostly because we don’t talk about them enough. This giant has soft green in the spring and summer that turns cinnamon red in the fall before going dormant for the remainder of the year. Bald cypresses are long-living, with some in the U.S. being over 600 years old and they’ll top out at around 50-65 feet tall and 20-30 feet wide. It’s an all-around beautiful tree. #5 Baldcypress - Growing zones 4-10, cinnamon-red fall color, and extremely adaptable to most soil conditions.

4. Ginkgo Trees
If you can believe it, Ginkgo trees will grow to be even larger than the Baldcypress getting 50-80 feet tall and 30-40 feet wide. However, you won’t have to worry about that for a while as they’re known for being slow growers. That being said, no waiting is necessary to see the gorgeous show it puts on each fall. The leaves turn yellow and then all drop around the same time, creating a yellow carpet below. It’s great for quick and easy clean-up! #4 Ginkgo Trees - Growing zones 3-9, large landscape centerpieces, and bright yellow fall color.

3. Kousa Dogwood
This option is for those of you with a smaller space to work with. Kousa dogwood has not only great fall color, it starts the spring off by covering itself with pretty white dogwood blooms! Making this a tree with three seasons of interest. It has a horizontal branching structure that can be used as a vase-shaped shrub or more of a tree form depending on how its pruned. Kousa turns scarlet in the fall and ends up being more of a purple before shedding it’s leaves. Expect it to get 20-30 feet tall and wide. #3 Kousa Dogwood - growing zones 5-9, scarlet to purple fall color, and doubles as a spring flowering tree.

2. Maple Trees
The tree famous for its fall display obviously has to make the list. With cultivars named October Glory and Autumn Blaze, you’d be hard pressed to forget about them! Most of these trees will turn bright red in the fall with some varieties ending up a more mauve purple. They’ll also tend to stick around the 40-60 feet tall mark but you’ll want to check each individual kind to make sure when shopping. As a quick note, stick with the Rubrum and Sugar maples for fall color and instead of the Norway varieties – Norway’s are great varieties for shade but will not have the reliable fall color like the others do. #2 Maple Trees - Growing zones are mostly between 4-9, classic red fall color, lots of varieties to choose from!

1. Nyssa Trees
Nyssa trees often called Black Gums or Black Tupelo don’t restrict themselves to just one fall color. They choose almost all of them! On a single tree, you’ll see reds, purples, golds, and oranges! I mean this tree does not mess around. Wildfire Black Gum gets to be around 30-50 feet tall and 20-30 feet wide. There’s also the native black gum or Tupelo Tower so make sure to check them all out when buying! After reading about all of these, Black Gums are my favorite and the horticulturists over here agree. #1 Nyssa Trees - growing zones 5-9, multi-colored fall leaves, and deer don’t prefer the taste.

Never get caught with a boring fall yard again. Adding any of these trees to the landscape is a surefire way to up the fall color game. Do you have a favorite tree for fall color in your area? Let me know down in the comments! If you enjoy our top 5 videos, please leave a like and subscribe to our youtube channel. Turn on notifications so you never miss a video!

We have an entire section of our site dedicated to trees for fall color, I’ve included a link down in the comments. If you’re wanting the plant care info or tips and tricks, visit our #ProPlantTips blog. Our experts do a great job of breaking down most plant categories and giving advice on how to keep your garden happy and healthy.

That’s all for now, until next time, happy planting!

[artworld]

Really amazing nature shooting! So many trees and plants🌱🌱🌱🌲🌳🌴🔔🎉🎉🎉

[lynnglidewell]

Dogwood Trees in the deep south can produce vibrant red leaves in Fall. The same verity that have Pink Blooms in Spring seem to also have best Fall color. So Spring and Fall are both beautiful for this tree. Another deep south tree with tiny but plentiful leaves is the Crape Myrtle which produce beautiful Orange colors for Fall. They also have blooms from deep purple to white and all colors in between depending on variety.

[CuriousKev]

Baldcypress - Native to SOUTH EASTERN usa not north

Ginkgo - Invasive east asian tree
Kousa Dogwood - invasive eurasian tree

Maples - she’s correct, good trees, but the Norway maple specifically is invasive and native to europe

Nyssa - Great native tree!