Beautiful! What a wonderful view you have!

How does your American Cranberry Bush Viburnum handle the heat? I planted a couple of them about fives years ago (full sun) and it seems like they're getting a little tougher as they mature. The leaves burnt horribly the first two or three years. I also planted viburnum 'Onondaga' in spring 2005 and it's similar. The leaves are toasted by late summer.

Thanks Christie. My Viburnums do fine. Most of them are not in full sun. The two Am. Cranberry bushes are both shaded from afternoon heat. I have 2 Japanese Viburnums that get more sun, but do great. My Onieda is at the opposite corner of our house, and loving the location. It's 'mate', Erie, is in all morning sun. It is fine also. The Tea Viburnum is almost too shaded, and crowded, but is still doing well. A Burkwoodii is in a lot of shade, and so is an Arrowwood, they are growing well and bloom nicely. The Snowball Bush is struggling in it's shady spot. Our large Black Haws all died, but there are seedlings that I hope to transplant to the edge of our yard. As you can see, I love Viburnums!

Marian

I thought Black Haws would be tough since they are native around here but I have to water mine some. I planted them about four years ago I think. Do you think yours died from drought or something else? I'd hate to see mine die. They're finally getting big enough to bloom a little.
I also planted a few viburnum dentatums; Autumn Jazz, Chicago Luster, Blue Muffin and the species, primarily to have some berries for the birds. Some are in shade and some are in sun and the ones in sun seem much happier. It's just hard to compete with the tree roots in shade.
So far I've been a little disappointed with fall color of my viburnums. They're still garden worthy for other reasons so I wouldn't get rid of them. The only one that REALLY turns red is one I grew from seed from a viburnum 'Winterthur'. It's just starting to turn now but very small so it might not keep that quality as it matures.

Driving around town, I think it's the hybrid maples in peoples' yards that have the brightest color. I've been tempted to stop and ask if they know what kind they are but I doubt they would know even if I did stop.
We have two maples in our front yard that are 'Autumn something' maybe 'Autumn Blaze'(can't remember name) and they turn a little too late some years, so a freeze gets them before they have a chance to color up. Even in a good year they're not spectacular, just orangish. I remember some of the hybrid maples like October Glory were WAY over our budget when we built our home and were looking for trees.

I took some fall pics yesterday around our yard and will try to get them posted soon.

I think it was something other than the drought that killed the Black Haws. I recall reading about that. I do plan on trying to replace them with seedlings. They grow pretty fast. All of mine have berries. Where do you get your varieties? I got some of mine from Forest Farm.

marian, I plan to order some natives from our state nursery. I wonder if Arkansas has anything like that. They usually come in bundles of 10 and are natives, but they are very reasonably priced.

I've gotten my viburnums from various places. I got Autumn Jazz and Chicago Luster from Lowe's, Blue Muffin, Shasta and Aurora from Bluestone Perennials (small but cheap). I got Arrowwoods, Black haws and Nannyberries from our conservation department, viburnum trilobum from a plant trade, Onondaga from a seasonal nursery, and Mohawk from another nursery in town. Most of them are planted, along with some other shrubs, in a long L-Shaped shrubrow along one side of our property to screen out the neighboring property. The owner was planning to split it up into two lots, one in front and one in back, which would've really looked awkward.
I think the viburnums I got from our state nursery were in an assorted "Wildlife" bundle. They're not quite as cheap as the single variety bundles of 25 but still very reasonable. Our new order form will come out around mid-November. I usually find people to share with when I order so I can get more variety.
Arkansas, I think, has a higher minimum on seedling bundles. I believe you have to get 100 of each variety. Too many for most people.
I got some Scarlet Oaks in a variety bundle one year and they have WONDERFUL fall color but they are probably the slowest growing trees I have ever planted. Glad I didn't plant them to shade my house.

I don't have any Scarlet Oaks, but the Red oaks are coloring up nicely this year:
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They are on each side of this pic, in the back of the house.The oak in between is a Shumard. It is always the last to color up.

I haven't contacted anyone about the bundles. I have not the energy to set out very many plants. We are already so surrounded with trees, we really don't need any more, unless they are very small when mature.

We did get native tree bundles from the Arkansas State Conservation District in Ft. Smith a few years ago. Minimum then was 5 to a bundle and were $1 apiece. All have done well here except a few of the small dogwoods that the bunnies got to. We now have over 30 trees from that planting and have only been disappointed with the Tulip Poplars. They grew well and fast but too many problems with them.

I love the fall colors!! Our native dogwoods haven't turned yet..but this is a pink that we planted several years ago. Native behind it..

What a pretty dogwood! I have a small one that has a nice color this year but my larger one in my backyard just turns brownish purple usually and doesn't stand out much.

We planted two tulip poplars and lost one to verticillium wilt (I think) a few years ago. The other is doing ok but turns yellow in drought. I thought I would regret planting it but it's fun to watch the birds eat the seeds. The seedpods form a cup for them to eat out of. It's not one of my favorite trees. The flowers are different but aren't showy from a distance.

My Washington Hawthorns were a very pretty orange/red this year. I have two that I got from a wildlife bundle. I planted one along the edge of my yard where I can keep it watered and another back along my fencerow where it's more neglected. It's hanging in there but not growing as fast. Neither one of them have bloomed yet and it's been several years.

I like our large tulip tree,, but wish it was farther from our house. It does drop quite a bit of twigs, and had some breakage from an ice storm. I have a smaller one that I planted in the old garden spot, and there are several seedlings here and there.
I planted a Washington Hawthorn a few years back. It did well for awhile, then died. We have 2 or three differant types of the native hawthorns. One is in our yard, another close by. I like them too, but cut off all the thorns on the lower part of the one in the yard, when our granddaughters were smaller. I was afraid they would injure an eye on it.

Marian and Kaye,you're pictures are so very nice,so much better than i can describe to people. Someday i'll be able to post pictures. All my trees are in the woods,directly around my house.Have lots of dogwoods,hickorys, black gums
wild cherrys,oaks. Everything is so colorful right now. I did plant 2 redbuds on the edge of the woods that bloomed for the first time this year. I brought in 2 containers of geraniums and double begonias i thought i'd keep through the winter. Don't usually do that but decided to be differant this year. My Thanksgiving cactus is blooming big time right now.
Have got to rake leaves soon.
vickie

Vickie, what's with our Thanksgiving cactus? One of mine is almost done blooming, one is in full bloom, another is just starting putting on buds. I have several pots of them.
I hung mine outside during the summer. Did you?
Our color is fading. You must be farther south, or a lower altitude. We have the same assortment of trees in our woods that you mentioned, and more.
I have at least 130 potted plants that I brought in. I counted them a while back, but forgot how many. :-(
Thanks for your comments on my ( and Kaye's) pics.

Have you seen my Picture Trail albums?

Marian - I didn't realize at first how many photos you had on you Picture Trail. In case someone else didn't notice - There are HUNDREDS if you click on "more albums". Wish my computer could load them quicker. I have looked through some and will definitely go back to it.

Vickie - Were your blackgums pretty this year? They're supposed to have good fall color. I had a couple little blackgums that I tried to transplant and they died. I was so disappointed.

Here's a pic of my Japanese Maple this fall. The last few years, it been getting orange leaves on the middle branches, but the other leaves are maroon and red. Very pretty but I hope those orange leaves don't indicate that something is wrong with it.

This is a little Scarlet Oak still under three feet tall. Hope it's this color when it grows up too.

And a Washington Hawthorn that's about six feet tall. The leaves were already starting to fall off so I had to get a close-up to show the beautiful color.

Yep...I have over 950 pics on my PT albums. I keep having to delete some to make room for more, since my account is up to 1000 pics, or X amount of pixels( I don't know how many pixels).
I have some pics on a PhotoBucket site, but hardly ever use it. It is the free account, and I don't know how many I can put there without paying. Do any of you know?

I realize it takes a long time to load for those on dial up ( which is what I have). But anyone can just pick the album title that appeals to them, and look at it. To get the opening page to fully open, I click on Refresh when it shows red xes instead of pictures. That will open the rest.

Our summer was so miserably dry I didn't have much to take pics of, except the potted plants on the deck. It sure is making up for the dryness now. :-)