As October begins, a new fall color palette takes over the Red Butte Garden & Arboretum. Deciduous trees and shrubs fill the landscape with color. Fall bloomers provide more color, and these blooms are a late-season treat for pollinators.
Find information to plan your visit here. Reposted from the Red Butte Garden blog. Photos by Drew Freshour
Eastern Redbut (Cercis canadensis)
Look for the redbud’s characteristic heart-shaped leaves throughout the garden.
Cocksure Hawthorn
(Crataegus crus-gall f. inermis)
These pink fruits are edible, but their dry flesh is more commonly used in jellies than eaten raw. The tree provides food for the caterpillars of several large and colorful butterfly species.
Rubber Rabbitbrush
(Ericameria nauseosa)
This tough native plant is an iconic part of the Utah landscape. Its abundant, bright yellow flowers last through the fall.
Autumn Joy Sedum (Sedum 'Autumn Joy')
The pink flowers on this succulent emerge as light pink buds in the summer, but they become deep red with time.
Sanders Blue Dwarf Alberta Spruce
(Picea glauca 'Sanders Blue')
The patchwork of shades on this spruce is the result of its needles changing color as they age. Find this unique mosaic of green in the Four Seasons Garden.
Japanese Anemone
(Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert')
This Japanese anemone provides a late-season shower of white blooms.
Lace-leaf Staghorn Sumac
(Rhus typhina 'Laciniata')
Some of the garden’s most fiery autumn foliage is the staghorn sumac, and this cultivar has a particularly interesting leaf shape.
October also brings a new season of magic and wonder with Garden After Dark. Get your tickets now to follow the yellow brick road to a new adventure.
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801.581.4938 mindy.wilson@redbutte.utah.edu