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What shrubs will give my Colorado yard red fall color?

Last Updated: September 27, 2011

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Small Shrubs, 4 feet at maturity with red fall color:

  • Cottoneaster apiculatus, Cranberry Cottoneaster
  • Rhus aromatica Grow Low, Grow Low Sumac
  • Rhus trilobata, Threeleaf Sumac
  • Viburnum opulus 'Compactum', Compact European Canberrybush Viburnum

For a complete list, please see the fact sheet "Deciduous Shrubs."

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