Looking to add some fall interest to your garden?
Here in the north state, we have many trees, shrubs and vines to choose from for fall foliage or berry display. Note that fall foliage color can vary plant to plant and year to year.
Check out this plant list to find the right plant for your yard. Within each section, the plants are listed alphabetically by common name with the botanical name, if different, in parentheses.
Foliage Color | Tree |
Red | Amur Maple (Acer ginnala) |
Golden Bronze | Beech (Fagus) |
Yellow | Birch (Betula) |
Gold / Burgundy | Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana) |
Yellow / Orange / Red | Chinese Pistache (Pistacia) |
Yellow | Cottonless Cottonwood (Populus) |
Reddish-Orange | Crimson King Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) |
Red | Dogwood (Cornus florida, C. nuttallii) |
Bronze to Reddish | Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata) |
Purple-Red | Forest Pansy Redbud (Cercis canadensis) |
Red | Fruiting Cherry |
Yellow / Orange / Red | Fruiting Pear |
Yellow / Golden | Hedge Maple (Acer campestre) |
Yellow | Honeylocust (Gleditsia) |
Bronze, Purple or Red | Japanese Maples (Acer palmatum) |
Purplish Red to Scarlet | Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa) |
vary | Norway Maples (Acer platanoides) |
Red | Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum) |
Red | Purple-Leaf Flowering Plums (Prunus cerasifera) |
Yellow | Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) |
Purple | Raywood Ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa) |
Yellow / Red | Red Maples (Acer rubrum) |
Red | Red Oak (Quercus rubra) |
Russet, Scarlet or Red | Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea) |
Yellow / Orange / Red | Serviceberry (Amalanchier) |
Yellow | Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) |
Yellow / Orange / Red to Purple | Sour Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) |
Red | Sourwood (Oxydendrum) |
Yellow / Orange / Red | Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) |
Yellow, Purple or Red | Sweetgum (Liquidambar) |
Red | Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum) |
Yellow / Orange / Red | Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) |
Foliage Color | Shrub |
Red | Barberry (Berberis) |
Bright Red | Compact Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) |
Red | Cotoneaster |
Orange / Red | Deciduous Azalea |
Red | Fruiting Blueberry |
Red | Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina) |
Orange / Red / Purple | Oakleaf Hydrangea |
Yellow / Red / Purple | Smoke Tree (Cotinus) |
Red | Snowball Viburnum |
Orange / Red | Spiraea |
Foliage Color | Vine |
Red and Scarlet | Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) |
Red | Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) |
Berry Color | Tree |
Orange, Red | Crabapples (Malus) |
Orange | European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) |
Berry Color | Shrub |
Red or Coral | Cotoneaster |
Blue, Black | Elderberries (Sambucus) |
Black | Coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica) |
Red | Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos) |
Blue-Black | Oregon Grape (Mahonia) |
Purple | Beautyberry (Callicarpa) |
Red | Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina) |
Red | Chokecherry (Prunus) |
Red-Orange | Pyracantha |
White | Snowberry (Symphoricarpos alba) |
Berry Color | Vine |
Blue-Black | Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) |