This is a good time to put together a fall pocket garden or island bed.
If you have a spectacular maple, sweet gum or oak tree that is turning color, make that the focal point of your fall-theme garden and then notice what shrubs in your neighborhood also look becoming in their true fall colors. The bright red burning bush, or Euonymus alatus “compacta,” is one of the best for our climate because these huge shrubs demand very little water and adjust to lots of different soils. Just don’t be fooled by the plant tag when it lists this shrub as “compact.” The dwarf burning bush still grows to more than 6 feet tall and just as wide.
