Trees

• Attract the attention of the entire neighborhood with the planting of select, stunning trees that complement your home when leaf color changes. Most trees are beautiful when fleshed out with full green leaves but some of them are just incredible in the fall. Oaks, dogwood and red maples generate bright red leaves in the fall. Among the most incredible colored leaves include those in yellow hues. Sugar maples, birch and black maple produce leaves in various shades of yellow. Remember these leaf colors when landscaping individual gardens and containers to incorporate these colors to unify the gardens and tree design.
  
  

Fall Planting

• Kale
  
  Fall isn't the best time to plant flowers in most areas, but it's a great time to enjoy the fruits of your hard summer gardening labor. Choose late bloomers in the spring that will explode in color as the cooler months arrive. Chrysanthemums can withstand some cool days and nights and are often considered the backbone to a fall garden. Aster and sedum are particularly hardy plants that add softer hues of light pink, purples and blues to the fall garden. Remember that fall weather brings cooler temperatures, but you'll still need to water your garden regularly.
  
  

Landscape Accents

• Autumn provides the perfect opportunity to pull our the pumpkins, cornstalks and hay bales to create a delightful landscape to celebrate the season. Don't wait for the week before Halloween. Instead, create an ornamental garden with four or five stacked hale bales stacked as steps. Place potted chrysanthemums, cornstalks and pumpkins gourds at the entrance to your driveway or on the front porch. Choose mums that complement the color of the leaves on your trees or the flowering fall plants in your garden.
  
  

Fall Continer Gardening

• Pink mums
  
  Any container will literally come alive with fall flowers. Plant ornamental grasses, pansies, kale and mums in a container and place it center stage on a hay bale. Surround it with pumpkins, ghosts or goblins. Add these plants your fall garden borders to tie the design together. Some truly incredible colors exist in plants that can tolerate fall weather. Kale is a striking blue, mums come in every color of the rainbow and can be planted to return the following year. Make sure to mound mulch around the mums after they bloom and water periodically throughout the winter to preserve your investment.