Yesterday I promised to list a few terrific trees and shrubs for fall color, and a promise is a promise.  Here are a couple of my favorites: Purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma) – When this deciduous shrub loses its yellow leaves in the fall, it reveals clusters of gorgeous lilac and violet berries.   Birds love the fall [...]

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Have you looked outside your window lately?  (Of course you have–what kind of a question is that?  It’s fall, and enthusiastic leaf-peepers are out every weekend, winding up and down the roads in the north Georgia mountains, and along every other scenic route.)  Autumn is spectacular this year, and the light has a lot to do with it.  When the sun [...]

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