Color throughout Woodlands
Foliage color starts in mid to late September with such notable plants as dogwood, maple and katsura tree. Color increases in early October with golden hues from hickories, ashes and beech and red from black gum.
Late October to early November is traditionally the height of our fall color with vivid yellows from tulip-poplar and hickories, russet tones from beech and oak and reds from black gum and dogwood. Color is echoed on the woodland floor by spicebush, fern and other wildflowers.
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| Location | Color | Time of Interest |
| March Bank, Glade | ||
| Aster divaricatus (White Wood Aster) | White | September |
| Solidago spp. (Goldenrod) | Yellow | October |
| Tricyrtis cvs. (Toad-lily) | White, Lavender | September-November |
| Viburnum dilatatum (Linden Viburnum) | Red Fruit | September-winter |
| Magnolia Bend | ||
| Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage) | Lavender, Silver Stems | July-October |
| Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Plumbago) | Blue, Foliage Color | July-October |
| Symplocas paniculata (Sapphire Berry) | Blue Fruit | September, October |
| Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum’ | Foliage Color | November |
| Enkianthus perulatus | Foliage Color | November |
| Winterhazel Walk | ||
| Corylopsis spp. (Winterhazel) | Foliage color | October-November |
| Rhododendron mucronulatum (Korean R.) | Lavender | October-November |
| Pinetum, Sundial | ||
| Viburnum spp. and cvs. | Foliage color | October |
| Spiraea prunifolia (Bridal Wreath Spirea) | Foliage color | October |
| Chaenomeles spp. and cvs. (Flowering Quince) | Yellow fruit | October |
| Malus sargentii (Sargent Crabapple) | Red fruit | October |
| Fothergilla spp. and cvs. | Foliage color | October-November |
| Sycamore Hill | ||
| Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed) | Foliage Color | August – winter |
| Schizachyrium scoparum (Little Blue Stem) | Foliage Color | August – winter |
| Aster spp. and cvs. | White, Blue | September, October |
| Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood) | Red Fruit, Foliage Color | September- November |
| Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’ (Smooth Witherod) | Fruit and Foliage Color | September-November |
| Cotoneaster salicifolius | Red Fruit, Foliage Color | September-winter |
| Stewartia spp. | Foliage Color | October, November |
| Amsonia hubrectii (Bluestar) | Foliage Color | October, November |
| Oak Hill | ||
| Colchicum spp. and cvs. (Autumn Crocus) | Lavender | September, October |
| Callicarpa spp. and cvs. (Beauty Berry) | Lavender Fruit | September- December |
| Viburnum spp. and cvs. | Red and Yellow Fruit, Foliage Color | September- December |
| Poncirus trifoliata (Hardy Orange) | Yellow Fruit | September- November |
| Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood) | Red Fruit, Foliage Color | September- November |
| Sternbergia lutea (Fall Daffodil) | Yellow | October |
| Euonymus bungeana (Winterberry Euonymus) (corner of the research building) | Foliage Color | October |
| Enchanted Woods | ||
| Aster divaricatus (White Wood Aster) | White | September |
| Cimicifuga acerina (Bugbane) | White | September |
| Callicarpa spp. and cvs. (Beauty Berry) | White, Lavender Fruit | September- December |
| Viburnum dilatatum cvs. (Linden Viburnum) | Yellow, Red Fruit | September- winter |
| Hamamelis virginiana (Witchhazel) | Yellow, Foliage Color | October, November |
| Tricyrtis cvs. (Toad-lily) | Lavender | October, November |
For further information, see The Winterthur Garden: Henry Francis du Pont’s Romance with the Land, by Denise Magnani (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995).