Colors of Fall

lordy · Oct 18, 2013

A bit different than foliage color, these Juniper berries show up in the fall. This tree is outside my office.

Here is a bit from Wiki...Probably not a well-known fact.

" The female seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form a "berry"-like structure, 4–27 mm long, with 1-12 unwinged, hard-shelled seeds. In some species these "berries" are red-brown or orange but in most they are blue; they are often aromatic and can be used as a spice. The seed maturation time varies between species from 6–18 months after pollination. "

GrimLore · Oct 18, 2013

lordy said:
A bit different than foliage color, these Juniper berries show up in the fall. This tree is outside my office.

So the pods with fruit contain the seeds and the other berries are the pollen? Honest we have a huge one here and I never see seedlings under it and never been able to make them sprout. The reason I am asking is that would make sense to me if the pollenate themselves like a pine.

Grimmy

lordy · Oct 18, 2013

GrimLore said:
So the pods with fruit contain the seeds and the other berries are the pollen? Honest we have a huge one here and I never see seedlings under it and never been able to make them sprout. The reason I am asking is that would make sense to me if the pollenate themselves like a pine.

Grimmy

Not sure I understand how you've worded that. The blue berries are the pod (cone) that holds the seeds. Similar to wisteria. Pollination wasnt mentioned, and I dont know how that takes place.

Dav4 · Oct 18, 2013

lordy said:
A bit different than foliage color, these Juniper berries show up in the fall. This tree is outside my office.

Here is a bit from Wiki...Probably not a well-known fact.

" The female seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form a "berry"-like structure, 4–27 mm long, with 1-12 unwinged, hard-shelled seeds. In some species these "berries" are red-brown or orange but in most they are blue; they are often aromatic and can be used as a spice. The seed maturation time varies between species from 6–18 months after pollination. "

This reminds me...must get blue cheese stuffed olives for martinis tonight

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GrimLore · Oct 18, 2013

lordy said:
Not sure I understand how you've worded that. The blue berries are the pod (cone) that holds the seeds. Similar to wisteria. Pollination wasnt mentioned, and I dont know how that takes place.

Understood and thank you - I will continue to try to understand. For the moment I collected both berries and the pods and I will take pictures. As I said I suspect one is male the other female as in pines but still looking for an answer.

Grimmy

PiñonJ · Oct 18, 2013

GrimLore said:
Understood and thank you - I will continue to try to understand. For the moment I collected both berries and the pods and I will take pictures. As I said I suspect one is male the other female as in pines but still looking for an answer.

Grimmy

Not sure what you mean by pods. Female junipers produce "berries" which are cones with fused scales and contain seeds. Male junipers have tiny cones that put out very fine pollen. The male J. monosperma around here look like they have smoke blowing off of them in March, when the cones are mature and there are strong winds (causes terrible allergies). They do not self-pollinate.

GrimLore · Oct 19, 2013

PiñonJ said:
Not sure what you mean by pods. Female junipers produce "berries" which are cones with fused scales and contain seeds. Male junipers have tiny cones that put out very fine pollen. The male J. monosperma around here look like they have smoke blowing off of them in March, when the cones are mature and there are strong winds (causes terrible allergies). They do not self-pollinate.

Thank you - I thought they self pollenated because the large one here has two different looking berries. Now that I know they do not act like Pine I will stop trying to grow them until I find a male around here

dkraft81 · Oct 21, 2013

So it was a pretty frosty morning today and I thought I would snap a few photos of the frost on my trees.

GrimLore · Oct 23, 2013

Saturday walkabout out back, not a lot of color yet...

Grimmy

ABCarve · Oct 23, 2013

GrimLore said:
Saturday walkabout out back, not a lot of color yet...

Grimmy

Hmmm...... took me a while..Great shot.

AlBooBoo · Oct 23, 2013

Well... i dont got my camera with me as im watching my fathers house for a few days..

But i will take some real autumn photos for you guys when i get back home... here in norway snow has actually fallen once allready and leaves have dropped a few weeks ago

Dan W. · Oct 23, 2013

First up is my Deshojo JM. Not amazing color but not bad either. This one battled "powdery mildew" this summer too.

Then our little guy "Oliver" posing with some fall color.

Larch turning.

And surprise. .. another Trident picture. Can you tell I like this one?..lol

coh · Oct 23, 2013

Nice photos Dan. How long has the dog been in training?

Got a few more photos on our last mild, sunny day this week. Two shots of my little sweetgum. I picked this tree up this summer at a club sale, it is just a trunk with a blob of foliage right now...in the spring I'll begin working on the branches and attempt to reduce leaf size. The first photo is against a dark (black cloth) background with sun coming from the back/side...produced a very dramatic effect. Second is frontal lighting but shot from above. Third photo is a camellia bud looking like it is ready to pop. We've had some pretty mild weather the last few weeks and the camellia is definitely ahead of schedule.

Chris

Dan W. · Oct 23, 2013

Thanks Chris. The dog has been in training for about 25 years... jk. He's about 1 1/2... I think.

fredtruck · Oct 24, 2013

This is my wild grape in its fall color.

coh · Oct 24, 2013

Few more.

First two are a trident that I picked up this summer (along with the sweetgum). It's got some pretty nice color. I'm looking forward to seeing what the branch structure really looks like and deciding what to do going forward. Third photo is a Nippon daisy (plus hitchhiker) that is currently blooming. Destined to go in the ground in the spring to develop for future use.

Chris

Paradox · Oct 25, 2013

My little elm starting to show off its fall color

lordy · Oct 26, 2013

This hornbeam turned in a period of about a week.

lordy · Oct 26, 2013

Definitely not bonsai, but nice fall color.
This lone maple in my back yard turns and drops all it's foliage before anything else around has even started to change color. I have other landscape maples that are still bright green. And the flowers are still going strong--until tonight maybe. Forcasted temps to dip into the low 30's tonight.

cmeg1 · Oct 26, 2013

Well,I can now call these my little trees since I have a couple big corky elms.Here is my favorite from last year.It has not peaked yet this year.Same tree.

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