One of the most popular fall flowers is the chrysanthemum. Mums have large flower heads and aromatic leaves that alternate along the stem. All of these colors would contribute nicely to a fall display. Use them as foreground planting with fall foliage shrubs to add extra color to your garden. Mums can also be moved indoors and kept year after year as houseplants, although this is not a common practice.
Japanese maples are well known for their oriental appearance and striking beauty.
In the fall their delicate, bright foliage is sensational in any landscape setting but is usually shown to best effect when grown on a hill or around small ponds. Japanese are fairly small, dainty trees and are easily grown from seed. Their foliage can be either green or red and can grow to ten or thirty feet, depending upon the variety. Although they appear quite delicate the Japanese maple is a hardy tree, and is seldom damaged by smoke or other air pollutants. It adapts well to pruning and is easily transplanted.