Foliage Color in a Cottage Garden

Most foliage colour in a cottage garden has to be provided by autumn subjects. Other­wise it is difficult to get happy blends and associations. Strongly variegated trees and shrubs are alien to our concept and some of the brighter yellow and purple foliage sub­jects are equally tasteless.
The stagshorn sumach, Rhus typhina, is a splendid example [...]