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Fall Garden Tour with red and yellow twig dogwoods

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November 17, 2020 By Laura Leave a Comment

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Enjoy this November garden tour of our front yard “other” side bed featuring red twig and yellow twig dogwoods, a river birch tree, Knock Out roses, grasses, evergreens and perennials. Includes video!

red and yellow twig dogwoods in a Fall garden

The other side bed in our front yard — for lack of a better name — is an easy bed to maintain, mainly because of the red and yellow twig dogwoods.

In Summer the Knock Out roses flourish and are the most prominent feature.

front yard garden in early June 2019, with fresh mulch and composted cow manure added

However, in the Winter this garden features the red twig dogwoods and yellow twig dogwoods.

red and yellow twig dogwoods in Winter

More on the red and yellow twig dogwoods shortly.

Fall Garden Tour of the Front Yard

So far this Fall, I’ve shared garden tours of the center bed in our front yard . . .

Muskogee Crepe Myrtle Tree against a blue sky with wispy clouds

. . . and the side bed in our front yard.

Fall Garden Tour with color and texture

There are short videos of each bed — around 14 minutes in length — which you can watch below:



Now it’s time to show you the other side bed!

Here’s some of what you’ll see in the other side bed

A large Mugo pine

We’ve had this mugo pine for approximately 12 years. We let it grow large, then replanted it in our front yard. In the Fall, its green color contrasts nicely with colorful Autumn leaves.

large mugo pine evergreen shrub

Fall color of Little Henry Sweetspire

I planted two Little Henry Sweetspires in the Spring, and loved how they did. Their Fall color is wonderful, which is one of the reasons I purchased them. You can learn more about them here from Proven Winners.

red Fall color of Little Henry Sweetspire shrub

A small Hinoki Cypress

This evergreen grows slowly and provides a nice accent, especially in the Winter months.

small Hinoki Cypress evergreen

Little Bunny Grasses (Pennisetum)

These Little Bunny grasses are adorable, unlike the little bunnies that have been eating up many of my plants this year! Ok, those bunnies are cute too.

Little Bunny Grasses in a Fall garden

Knock Out Roses still blooming

I keep deadheading my Knock Out roses and they continue to produce new flowers and bloom! You can learn how I deadhead the roses here.

Knockout Rose shrubs blooming in Fall garden

Japanese Helleri

As I’ve mentioned in my previous videos, Japanese Helleri seems like a basic shrub to me. However, its dependable green color provides an anchor in my garden beds no matter the season.

evergreen Japanese Helleri with roses in garden

Perennial Ageratum still blooming

I finally planted this hardy ageratum variety called Wayside. I purchased it here from Bluestone Perennials, if you’d like to learn more.

perwinkle flowers of perennial Ageratum in Fall

River Birch tree

The golden leaves are still hanging on, although these will fall off the tree any day now.

River Birch Tree golden leaves against a blue sky

Fall color of Geranium Rozanne

Everyone loves Geranium Rozanne for its beautiful flowers, but once you trim it back, there is beautiful Fall color to enjoy.

Geranium Rozanne Autumn colors

Red and Yellow Twig Dogwoods

In this garden tour video (link is below), I also discuss the red and yellow twig dogwoods and how this particular planting — of one red, one yellow, one red, one yellow, repeating all the way up the bed — came to be.

red and yellow twig dogwoods in a row

These dogwoods provide a nice green background color during Spring and Summer:

red and yellow twig dogwoods in Spring

And do have some Fall color, although I think the yellow twig dogwood’s color is more vibrant than the red twig dogwood:

red and yellow twig dogwoods Fall color

However, it is the Winter season when these red and yellow twig dogwoods really glow!

red and yellow twig dogwood stems

Fall Garden Tour Video: front yard, “other” side bed

I hope you enjoy the video below.

And if you do, please click over to YouTube and hit the “like” button. (It’s how YouTube knows whether they should share my video with more viewers, so every “like” helps!)



Happy gardening!

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Welcome to Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles. I’m Laura, an artist and self-taught gardener. Gardening is therapeutic for me, peaceful and calming. I write articles and film videos centered around my own gardens, with plenty of plant suggestions and gardening tips. I’m glad you’re here and happy to share my garden inspiration with you!

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