Tree Update: Fall From My Window
There is a tiny bit of yellow showing in the Bradford pears today, a rainy morning. You can see it only on the leaves that have fallen to the ground though.
This is the view from my window. Foreground: My Japanese red maple. Background: one of the Armstrong maples, a street tree planted by the borough the year Gregory was born. These trees have really taken off this year, much like Gregory has! Those Armstrong maples are a perfect example of a red maple tree that does not turn red in fall.
Jeff from Linden will be interested to see my October Glory red maple today. Just a touch of color, Jeff, though one leaf in the center is bright red! Do you see it?
This picture shows how the Bradford pear and October Glory are growing together now, a perfect screen of trees blocking the neighbor’s windows eight months of the year. (But we have very little grass left and lots of leaves to rake.)
And finally, the sugar maple is a nice soft yellow today. I’m hoping it will still be pretty when my mom arrives from South Carolina on Sunday!
Can’t wait to see you, Mom!
Hi Jules,
Nice new tree picks. I see the leaf
Today was the first day when my October Glory had significant red color. The front of the tree, facing the noon day sun, mostly has red leaves, while the back of the tree is mostly still green. The end effect from the street is kind of a purplish color, somewhat similar to the Japanese Maple in the flower bed behind it. From my window, it’s just a hint of red. There’s still time for a big show though.
I was just thinking that you haven’t documented the Red Sunset colors as much as the October Glory. Does it follow the same schedule?
Jeff
Comment by Jeff from Linden — November 13, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
Hey Jeff. Coincidentally, I took a picture of my red sunset just today. Didn’t post it yet. Might do it tomorrow, but I wanted to get a shot from the other side of house, and didn’t have time. The schedule for the red sunset is usually this:
Starts coloring a week ahead of the October Glory, reaches peak color faster, isn’t as bright red (but it’s a more “natural” red to my eye) and loses all its leaves at least a week ahead of the October Glory, usually more like two weeks. Total peak red color time for the red sunset is usually no more than 2 weeks. But in a good year with good fall color conditions (warm days, cool nights, some rain but not too much) the October Glory can be at peak color for an entire MONTH, though not in October — my November Glory red maple.
Comment by Jules — November 13, 2007 @ 7:57 pm