A woodland bursting with fall leaf color hugs Peter’s Pond and a fountain at East Hampton’s LongHouse Reserve.
A solitary Japanese maple adds contrast to a stand of bamboo.
Beech tree leaves turn a warm golden russet; with age, the trunks resemble an elephant’s foot, providing continued interest through the winter.
A Japanese maple’s star-shaped crimson leaves.
Linden viburnum berries pop against still-green foliage.
The deep grape-soda berries of the Callicarpa japonica shrub lend the plant its common name, beautyberry
The exfoliating bark of the Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’ crape myrtle gives the tree year-round allure.
This article appears in the September 2015 issue of HC&G (Hamptons Cottages & Gardens).