The weather has a hint of change about it – so guess what? Autumn is just around the corner.  Your established trees and hedging will be displaying a beautiful array of colour, foliage, bark and berry interest.  But which one should you choose to plant this season to get the perfect combination of autumnal hues?

It’s time to get colourful!

If you’re planning to plant with autumn interest in mind, we’ve put together a little colour palette of our Top 12 autumn beauties for you (though a computer screen has nothing on the real thing, so these are just an indication for you!)

We think we’ve got the autumn colour spectrum covered!  And you don’t need to wait till autumn is fully upon us – you can pre-order now and enjoy a 15% discount.

	Name	Description	Leaf	Bark	Berry
	Aspen – Populus tremula	Leaves turn luminous golden yellow before leaf fall, making it one of the best trees for autumn colour
	Bird Cherry – Prunus padus	Tooth-edged leaves, sharply pointed turn yellow and orange in autumn, with dark shiny bark and small fruits which ripen to black in late summer
	Field Maple – Acer campestre	Its 5-lobed leaves turn from red to green, before turning bright golden-yellow in autumn, in contrast to its dark grey brown bark
	Hornbeam – Carpinus betulus	Oval leaves turn yellow and orange before leaf fall in autumn, with grey and fluted bark
	Lombardy Poplar – Populus nigra ‘italica’	Glossy dark green triangular leaves change yellow in autumn. The bark is dark brown and ridged.
	Native Black Poplar – Populus nigra betulifolia	Glossy leaves darken to green before turning yellow in autumn. The bark is very dark brown, almost black.
	Norway Maple – Acer platanoides	A handsome, fast growing tree with attractive sharply pointed leaves which turn deep golden yellow in autumn
	Red Oak – Quercus rubra	Leaves open bright yellow, becoming green then red in the autumn colour against a smooth and grey bark.
	Rowan – Sorbus aucuparia	Mid-green leaves turn red in autumn and the bark is smooth, grey-brown. Scarlet-orange berries are quickly eaten by birds.
	White Poplar – Populus alba	Dark green leaves turn yellow for autumn colour. Smooth white-grey bark
	Whitebeam – Sorbus aria	Glossy green leaves turn in autumn to yellow and brown, against grey bark.
	Wild Cherry – Prunus avium	Beautiful red and orange autumnal leaf colour and atractive reddish-brown bark. Round dark red fruits