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Best Trees for Fall Foliage

The best way to personalize your home in Westchester county is by planting a garden, trees and shrubs.  Add a splash of color to your landscape with trees that will produce vivid foliage during fall; here is the first part of our list of the best trees for fall foliage!  Stay tuned for our complete list next week.

The Japanese Maple

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The Japanese Maple is a beautiful tree come autumn, due to the vibrancy of its leaves!  This is a great ornamental tree to add to your pre-existing garden or walkway area.

The Sassafras Tree

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The Sassafras tree is interesting, if only for its strange leaf shape, which is softly rounded.  A medium-to-fast growing tree, the sassafras can be trained to grow as a single-trunk tree or a dense and bushy thicket.

The Black Tupelo

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Scientifically known as the nyssa sylvatica, the black tupelo is a trademark autumn tree for its renowned fall color.  In addition to its beauty, the black tupelo is an important late-spring food source for bees!

The Best Trees for Fall Foliage: Part Two

Introduce vivid, eye-catching color to your autumn landscape with trees!  In our last blog, The Best Trees for Fall Foliage, we shared some of our favorite trees to brighten up your Westchester lawn and garden.  Today we are continuing the list with part two; which of these trees do you plan on planting this upcoming year?

The Red Maple

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The Red Maple produces a leaf so red it’s almost surreal!  There are many variations of the maple tree, all which are lovely in varying ways but the red maple will always be a standard New England fall classic.

The Sugar Maple

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Right behind the classic red maple is the ever-so-sweet sugar maple!  Known for producing a deliciously sweet sap, this tree’s burst of bright color will have you smiling as you rake your leaves.

The Sweetgum Tree

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Star shaped leaves and unusual fruit and trees are the key identifiers of a sweetgum tree.  During fall time, the glossy once-green leaves of the sweetgum turn magnificent shades of red, orange and yellow!