These "goodlooking" plants can become a beautiful sight even if their fallen leaves are not swept up!
In ancient times, fallen leaves always aroused people's infinite reverie about autumn, and many literati also left many moving words to describe the beauty of fallen leaves.

"Blue sky, yellow leaves on the ground, autumn colors on the waves, cold green smoke on the waves" describes the gorgeous and vast autumn scenery with the azure sky and the orange-yellow earth; "Petals fall again and again, the garden gradually becomes empty" uses the fluttering falling leaves to set off the quiet beauty of the garden.

In recent years, some urban roads have implemented a "no-leaf-sweeping" mode, slowly sweeping the autumn leaves to capture beautiful moments for the city. This reflects the respect and pursuit of natural beauty, satisfies the public's cognitive yearning for beauty, and adds a unique humanistic flavor to the city's refined management.
As the protagonists in creating the aesthetic landscape of urban space, plants whose leaves are shed and not swept are usually colorful tree species, which have the characteristics of bright colors, easy cultivation and long viewing period.

Rich colors,
It impacts people's vision.
It enriches the urban landscape.
Natural things are scenery.
No matter the flying flowers or falling leaves,
All beautiful Spring and Autumn!
Now, let's take a look at
Those high-value colorful leaf plants,
How to create your own scenery!
application
Suitable for the local area

When choosing colorful tree species, you should pay attention to their characteristics, habits and relationship with the environment. Try to choose native colorful tree species, which have good adaptability, high survival rate, low cost, can achieve the greatest ornamental effect, and also reflect the local cultural heritage.
Ecologically compatible

When applying colorful tree species, it is necessary to fully consider factors such as the terrain, water, soil, light, etc., pay attention to the ecological coordination between plant environments, and rationally match planting according to seasonal changes to better present the beauty of colorful leaf tree species in all four seasons.
Color Aesthetics

The hues of colorful leaf trees are rich, including red, yellow, blue, and multi-color. The different colors of plants give the garden landscape different style characteristics, increasing the layering and three-dimensional sense of the landscape.

▲Zhongzhou Xunmei Technology Plaza/SED New West Forest Landscape

▲Sunac·Aduo Flower Island/AIMAO (Shanghai) Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd.
© Yihui Films & Lin Yi
When planting, you can follow aesthetic principles to make reasonable color combinations, choose suitable colorful tree species, combine design principles such as symmetry and balance, rhythm, diversity and unity, to show the coordinated beauty of plants and their surrounding buildings, water bodies, roads and other environments, giving people a beautiful sensory enjoyment.
Landscape
Solitary Plant

Colorful trees with beautiful posture, flower color, leaf shape and fruit can be placed alone in the center of the landscape. Their bright and eye-catching colors highlight the landscape and guide the line of sight.
Cluster planting
They are planted in clusters of three or five, dotted in parks, courtyards, and lawns, enriching the landscape and livening up the atmosphere of the garden environment.


▲Chongqing Jiatianxia/Blues International
© Hejin Space Photography

▲Nanjing Galaxy Era Demonstration Area/MPG Design
© Prism
Planting in pieces or rows
Show the overall beauty of plants. Planting in patches forms a colorful leaf tree landscape forest. In autumn, the forest is full of colors, and the scenery is magnificent.

Planted on both sides of the road, the changing color rhythm enriches the landscape and beautifies the city's appearance.
Color Planting
ginkgo
Ginkgoaceae Ginkgo

● It likes light, warm and humid environment, and has deep roots.


The tree is tall, with a straight trunk and fan-shaped leaves that are unique and elegant. It is green in spring and summer and golden in late autumn. It is a beautiful ornamental tree for gardens and a street tree.
Liquidambar
Liquidambar formosana

● The soil has strong adaptability, is fire-resistant and drought-resistant, and conserves water resources, making it suitable for beautifying the urban environment and greening barren mountains and wastelands.
The tree has a broad round crown, a straight and majestic shape, and in late autumn, the leaves are bright red or golden, which is beautiful and spectacular. It is a famous autumn-colored leaf tree species in the south and has a strong ornamental value.
Koelreuteria paniculata
Sapindaceae Koelreuteria
● It likes light and is cold-resistant, drought-resistant but not waterlogged. It has deep roots, strong sprouting ability, and strong resistance to smoke and dust, and is often planted in industrial pollution areas.

The young leaves are mostly red in spring, the trees are covered with yellow flowers in summer, the leaves turn yellow in autumn, and the purple-red fruits are shaped like lanterns, which are very beautiful. It is an ideal ornamental tree species for greening, suitable for garden shade trees, roadside trees and landscape trees.
Plane Tree
Platanaceae Platanus

● It likes light, moist and warm climate, is relatively cold-resistant, has strong adaptability, and is resistant to smoke and dust. It is a world-renowned excellent garden shade tree and street tree, and is known as the "King of Street Trees".

The tree has a majestic and dignified shape, large leaves, dense shade, and beautiful posture. It is widely used in urban greening and is particularly majestic and spectacular when planted on both sides of the road.
Sapium sebiferum
Euphorbiaceae Sapium

● It is a sun-loving tree species that can be planted as embankment trees, garden shade trees and roadside trees in landscaping.

The tree has a spherical crown and beautiful leaves, which are bright green in early spring and deep red or bright red in autumn. An ancient poem says: " The phoenix tree has driven away the morning frost, while the black locust tree is still fighting for the sunset red."
Zelkova
Zelkova

● It likes light and warm climate, and is suitable for planting in fertile and moist soil. It is highly resistant to wind, avoids waterlogging, and is not resistant to drought and barrenness.


The tree has a dignified posture, is tall and majestic, and its autumn leaves are brown-red, which are extremely ornamental. It is an excellent tree species for viewing autumn leaves and can be planted as a garden shade tree, street tree, or scenic forest.
Metasequoia
Metasequoia

● It likes light and warm and humid climate, grows fast, is cold-resistant and water-resistant, but is intolerant to barrenness and drought.


The tree has an upright and beautiful shape, clear linear pinnate branches and leaves, a strong sense of planting sequence, and obvious seasonal changes in the landscape. It is an ideal garden shade tree and street tree, and is often used as a waterfront scenic ornamental forest.
Liriodendron tulipifera
Liriodendron

● It is a positive tree species with a long lifespan and fast growth. It likes light and warm, humid and cool climates. It has strong adaptability and avoids low humidity and waterlogging.


The trunk is straight and upright, the crown is regular, the leaves are peculiarly shaped like a jacket, the flowers are like marigolds, the autumn leaves are golden, and it is quaint and unique. It is a precious ornamental tree species in the world and is widely used in urban landscaping.
Cotinus coggygria
Cotinus

● It likes light, is cold-resistant and drought-resistant, but not water-resistant. It is suitable to be planted in fertile and well-drained sandy loam.


The tree has a beautiful posture and unique shape. Its flower stalks are pink and feathery, and look like "flowers in the fog" from a distance. In late autumn, the leaves change color after frost and become bright red. In summer, you can enjoy the "purple smoke" and in autumn, you can enjoy the red leaves. It is an excellent garden greening tree species.
In addition to the colorful plants mentioned above, what other ones do you like?