A popular, hardy shrub grown for its dusky purple, oval leaves that turn red in November.
Fireworks and foliage
There are many less obvious shrubs that take on exciting shades of red, purple and yellow in autumn
Viburnum farreri (var. fragrans)
Bears clusters of sweetly scented white flowers opening from pink buds in late autumn
Sorbus cashmiriana
Native to Kashmir but a rowan tree that also thrives in the UK
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’
The red, orange and yellows of the season are all too fleeting, so how wonderful it is to be surprised by the colour purple at this time of year.