Fall 2014, Share Your Color

[Dan W.]

Happy fall from Wyoming... lol. The color is just starting here, but were already getting some white stuff. Today is the first of it and it looks like we'll have an early winter this year. I'll share more color as I get it. Hopefully we don't skip too much of it with this weather.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I just brought the dogs back in...and could have sworn it was barely spitting a few flakes here even...tropicals in for the night.

Love the photo of the snow on the maple leaves...and something about conifers right now that really appeal to me. That Douglas Fir is amazing! Makes me glad I have a hemlock to mess with later.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Kodama16]

Wow y'all that cold already?! It's still 90 degrees here!! I wish we get snow: (

 

[PaulH]

Nice, Thanks!
Fall color is still a couple of months away here. Forecast is 102 degrees Saturday.

 

[Neli]

He he he! I need to post spring color...spring just started here.

 

[sorce]

No fall colors yet here!

Might not get one!

Oh no, not.... Not....old......man.....wi

Nooooo!

Sorce

 

[Cmanz]

Here in San Diego my Fall color looks like Spring color. Here is my JM Red Dragon. All the leaves burned and dropped a few weeks ago. Natural defoliation. The result is beautiful new growth that should look awesome in a few months if the temps ever do drop below 50.

 

[QuintinBonsai]

Unfortunately, it's still blazing hot here, and will be getting hotter. I hope our rainy season is better than it was last year.

 

[wireme]

Starting to show here too. Got a dusting same day as you.

 

[Neli]

Here is my color...he he he!

 

[Paradox]

Ive noticed trees around my area starting to turn colors. My elm and maples havent yet though.

Going to be in the 50s tonight and next week. I too will be bringing in the tropicals at night.

 

[MACH5]

Barely anything in my area yet. I will report back.

 

[Tieball]

Just cold....missing the warmth of the sun already

Just colder in West Michign....mid 40s in the evening.....near 60 daytime....a warmer week is coming up with temps back up to the 70s....after that it's a progressive decline in temps day and night. Currently resisting the temptation to turn the furnace on. Leaves are green yet on most trees. However, ground growing American Elms and Hackberries are starting to yellow in areas and dropping a few leaves.

A thread graft completed on a Hornbeam tree took very well. It's still threaded. 1/8" diameter at entry and near to 1/4" at the exit. Question (if someone reads this) ---- Cut it off at the entry point now or save the cutting for spring?

No glamorous photo but here's the tree. The threaded exit branch is in the upper right of the photo and the branch color is a green tone. Leaves are large yet....just letting it grow after ground removal. Nice back-budding started during this year for a pruning next year to begin some branch development. A long ways to go.....progress though.

 

[JudyB]

Nice HBeam Tieball, really living up to it's ironwood name. Very muscular, and nice start on the rootage as well. I would leave it for the winter, you never know where you might get a bit of damage, and be glad you had some extra length...

 

[Dan W.]

Thanks for the posts so far everyone! I realize that most of you may not be hitting the fall season yet. But seeing as everything in my neck of the woods is changing color, I figured I'd get things rolling.

The Amur maples (A. Ginala) have been the first to begin changing for me. These are two of three Mame that I started this spring. Unfortunately the third didn't make it.





Bonsai on the go! In my dash...lol

 

[wireme]

We've had mild weather following the freezing nights since the thread was started. Perfect for good fall color, and easing trees intob dormancy even pottentilla is getting good color for me this year.

Amur maple leaf, more pics to come.

M

 

[Jason_mazzy]

whats the type of japan maple in the first post? beautiful little leaf of some sort?

 

[Dan W.]

whats the type of japan maple in the first post? beautiful little leaf of some sort?

Kiyohime to the best of my knowledge. The coloring is close to my Murasaki Kiyohime, but I'm not sure it's quite the same. This one was grown by a friend of mine, from a cutting I believe. It's a sweet little broom style tree. I'm excited to get some winter photo's because the ramification is insane.

 

[dkraft81]

Here are a few from the recent hunting trip and a few of the bonsai on the bench. Not much color on the bench yet, but its coming.

 

[raydomz]

This little Amur is really starting to move.
More pics later this week, most of the little leaves are getting to their ultimate pink phase.