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

Hey everyone, Whitney with NatureHills.com here today to tell you how to up your fall color game. Autumn is the time for pumpkin patches, sweaters, hot chocolate, and of course pictures in front of the stunning fall-colored trees. But which should you plant for the best display? It’s a fair question considering how many trees there are. So I had my team on our end put their heads together to make a list of a variety to plant for the best, most vibrant, array of colors!

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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!

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