Fall Landscaping Ideas: 5 Colorful Plants for Northern Virginia

As a landscape design company in Chantilly, VA, we get a lot of questions this time of year about fall plants. All the color of summer starts to fade and homeowners want fall to pop with native plant color as well. If you need landscaping design ideas, try some of these local plants:

1. Maple Trees

Maple trees can set your landscape ideas ablaze with firey golds and reds. There are several varieties that do well in our climate and that come in a wide range of sizes. When planting trees, always consider your growing space—provide room for them to grow and become more glorious through the years.

2. Sweet Birch

There are several varieties of birch trees, but the one we prefer for this area is the sweet birch. It’s more resistant to common birch borer beetles that kill off other species. Their leaves pop yellow in the fall and, if you’re a foodie, you can tap your sweet birch for sap to make birch beer!

3. Viburnum

For a great year-round shrub, try one of our local viburnum varieties, like the possumhaw. In the summer, it produces clusters of fragrant, white blossoms that later turn into pinkish, blue berries with vibrant leaf colors in the fall.

4. Staghorn Sumac

A smaller, local tree variety that not only produces vibrant orange and red leaves in the fall, but bright fruit stalks that provide color all winter long.

5. Blueberries

Our native variety is vaccineum angustifolium and not only can you make cobbler and jam with the berries, the fall foliage is thick and crimson.

We specialize in landscaping ideas that focus on native Northern Virginia plants for their beauty and hardiness in our climate and ecology. These are just a few of our favorites, but we have many other plant suggestions for gorgeous fall color. Contact AllGreen Landscape Co. today at (703) 992-8787 to discuss your fall foliage needs.