Little Staghorn Sumac trees are spreading and adding more wildlife habitat and food source.
Birds gobble up the seeds and help plant new trees.
Red Lights
The green leaves on the Amur Maples have disappeared.
Amur Maples are commonly planted for their vibrant fall foliage.
Iowa Pomegranate
Pomegranate has been a good ornamental flowering plant that I grow in a large pot.
This plant will also produce ornamental fruit, but doesn’t ripen well for me.
Purple Ash
My young White Ash trees have way better fall color than the native Green Ash trees.
The trees turn purplish in fall.
Thorniest Plant
The Arala Elata is one of the thorniest plants on my Oasis.
These shrubs are thornier than Aralia Spinosa, but have proved less hardy. I am starting to wonder if my plant is the less-hardy Aralia Chinensis.
Sun + Miscanthus
Miscanthus looks the best in the fall, when the large white plumes are shimmering in the sunlight.
Some of the cultivars can get over 10 feet tall.
Variegated Grass
The Variegated Miscanthus Grass is blooming in our long fall season.
This grass doesn’t always bloom like the plain species.
Korean Poplar
The Korean Poplar has changed to an interesting color this fall.
These Poplars have struggled with my weather.
Purple Devil’s Walking Stick
Devil’s Walking Stick is a suckering shrub.
These plants have many ornamental features, but the best is the stunning fall foliage.
Spindle Tree
The little Spindle Trees are starting to create their ornamental fruit.
These small trees are in the genus Euonymus.