Ornamental plants that change the color of their leaves or flowers under the influence of external conditions are a good choice for those looking for a way to diversify their garden. Each such culture seems to combine several varieties, so it is unlikely that you can get bored.
Forsythia
This is a very beautiful shrub, which at the time of flowering is completely covered with bright yellow inflorescences. A variety called Lynwood changes the color of the foliage: in the fall, it turns from emerald, first to purple, and then yellow. Lynwood takes on a golden color twice a year, first provided by the flowers, and then the leaves.
Forsythia Korean also undergoes a similar transformation: in October, its crown pleases the eye with a beautiful lemon shade.
Bladderwort
It is a very popular ornamental shrub that blooms with beautiful white inflorescences. In the spring, many of its varieties change color, and everything is different.
The leaves of Luteus and Nugget are lemon in early spring, and then turn green.
Summer Vine changes color from dark red to brown.
The foliage of the Darts Gold variety turns golden from golden to light orange.
Barberry
This unpretentious thorny shrub with small yellow flowers and red fruits transforms in autumn, which colors its foliage in bright reds, purples and burgundy tones.
The color of the leaves of barberry very much depends on the variety: there are those whose crown does not look very impressive and remains so all season.
Kizil
This shrub with red fruits has emerald leaves on the outside and whitish on the inside. In October, the foliage color changes to burgundy with a purple tint.
The Flaviramea variety has a golden crown in spring, and turns yellow-green in summer and autumn, only some of the leaves turn red.
The crown of the Kelsey variety in October-November turns from green to orange or scarlet.
Wild “girlish” grapes
This spectacular grape variety does not produce fruit; it serves only for decorative purposes. In spring and early summer, the foliage of the maiden grape has a rich green color, from summer to September it becomes darker, and by November it acquires a rich purple hue.
Variety Yellow Wall changes differently: in the summer its leaves are emerald, and in the fall, in accordance with the name, they turn bright yellow.
Sumac
It is a short shrub, whose original leaves bring to mind a palm tree or fern, and whose flowers billow up like red candles.
Sumakh has an almost perfect semicircular crown, which transforms very effectively: in the fall it becomes first golden, then scarlet and, finally, richly crimson.
Hydrangea
This favorite plant of many summer residents can change color from pink to blue. But the process is not influenced by the season, but by the chemical composition of the soil: for the inflorescences to be blue, it must be acidic, and to become pink, it must be alkaline.
If you want to make the hydrangea flowers blue, you need to add dry aluminum sulfate to the soil. Dissolve 20 grams of sulfate in five liters of water and water the plant with the resulting composition. To completely change the color, you need about two buckets.
You can change the color in the reverse order, from blue to pink, for which you need to add dolomite flour to the soil.
