Trees and Shrubs for a Warm Color Tone Planter

Part Shade Garden Bed for Year-Round Interest
Trees and Shrubs for a Warm Color Tone Planter

These garden design plants will give you ideas for year-round interest and excitement in the landscape with a warm-tone color scheme in yellows, reds and oranges. Both flowers and foliage play a part in creating a stunning design of garden island or large border bed.

When planning a complete garden bed a landscaper will consider trees, shrubs, perennials, and ground covers in addition to thinking about spring, summer, fall and winter interest. Here are some ideas for trees and shrubs that will complement a warm color tone planting scheme. Be sure to see suggested Warm-Colored Part Shade Perennials for more plant suggestions!

Warm Color Theme Island Garden Bed Trees

Serviceberry 'Rainbow Pillar' (Amelanchier canadensis 'Glenform Rainbow Pillar') - Zones 4-9. Grows 15-20' tall and 10' wide. Bright red autumn foliage makes this ornamental tree an asset to any landscape but the interesting features don't stop there. Beautiful white spring flowers and attractive green summer foliage add interest as well.
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Japanese Red Maple 'Sango Kaku' (Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku') - Zones 5-8. Grows 20'-25' tall and wide. Japanese maples are known for their attractive fine-cut foliage in beautiful colors but this ornamental tree adds extra winter interest through its bright red bark and twigs.
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Warm Color-Theme Island Garden Bed Shrubs

Euonymous 'Golden' (Euonymous japonicus 'Aureo-marginatus') - Zones 6-10. Grows 5' tall by 2-3' wide. A great broadleaved evergreen, this euonymous shrub has variegated leaves that will add a splash of gold to any landscape year-round.
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Abelia 'Canyon Creek' (Abelia grandiflora 'Canyon Creek') - Zone 6-9. Grows 2-3' tall and 3-4' wide. Yellow-green foliage with red fall tinting this beautiful shrub also produces pink-white flowers summer through autumn.
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Barberry shrubs 'Crimson Pigmy' (Berberis thunbergii) - Zones 4-9.
12-18" tall and 18-24" wide. Maroon or deep red foliage that is striking in contrast with yellow or light-green foliage. Easy to grow.
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'Bonanza Gold' 18" tall and 36" wide. Bright golden-green foliage grows in a dense mound.
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'Rosy Glow' 3-5' tall and 2-3' wide. A deeper purple-red than 'Crimson Pigmy', 'Rosy Glow' can grow much taller giving depth and dimension to a garden border.
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'Golden Showers' Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia 'Golden Showers') - Zones 3-8. Grows 10-12' tall and 8-10' wide. Open growth habit and bright gold and green variegated foliage make this dogwood an accent specimen that's perfect for an underplanting near a larger ornamental tree, or to add height to the landscape design.
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Dwarf Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus 'Compactus') - Zones 4-10. Grows 5-6' tall and 3-4' wide. Dark
green foliage al season long becomes bright red in the fall. This euonymus is semi-evergreen and will often retain the brightly colored leaves all winter long.
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Himalayian Honeysuckle 'Golden Lanterns' (Leycesteria formosa 'Notbruce') - Zones 5-9. Grows 3-5' tall and 3' wide. Attractive chartreuse leaves provide a contrasting backgorund for the bright purply-pink, pendulous flowers that appear in summer. Autumn berries are dark purple and can last a few weeks if birds don't eat them first.
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With so many stunning options to choose from it is easy to create a garden bed, island or border that will provide year-round interest and excitement.


This 'Plant Highlight' was written exclusively for Sooner Plant Farm by Angela England
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