Every garden is a thing of beauty in the growing seasons — spring bulbs, summer flowers and fall foliage all carry on with extravagance. But winter is coming, so the colorful garden superstar… ...

These trees feature bark with bright colors and compelling textures: *American beech (Fagus grandifolia); Zones 4-8. *European beech (Fagus sylvatica); Zones 4-7.

These trees feature bark with bright colors and compelling textures: American beech (Fagus grandifolia); Zones 4-8. European beech (Fagus sylvatica); Zones 4-7.

Gardener: Tree-bark colors, textures ready for their close-up. Joe Lamp'l. ... Fortunately, that's when one of the most overlooked features, tree bark, comes out for its season in the spotlight.

Just under this outer bark is an inner bark layer, known as phloem, which transports sugars, manufactured by photosynthesis in the leaves, down to the roots for storage. Next in is the cambium layer, ...