Red flowering shrubs are a beautiful addition to any garden or landscape, providing a burst of color and visual interest.

Hardy in Zones 5 through 9, it displays yellow, red and orange leaves all on one shrub. Dwarf fothergilla is well-named because it only grows up two to three feet tall and wide.

It grows slowly to 30 feet tall or more, with compound leaves of 10 to 16 narrow leaflets that blaze into yellow, orange and red in the fall. With maples you have many choices for fall color.

This year the autumnal equinox was on Sept. 23. We entered autumn during these last few days. The weather of the previous week, the last week of summer, was more like this previous season. Now ...

Burford holly is a large shrub, up to 20 feet, that produces abundant red berries among the leathery dark green leaves and is especially beautiful if pruned into a tree form.

Gardeners love planting flowers, shrubs, and trees to draw more birds to their yards. This fiery red option can do that, and provide food and nesting areas too.