Fall color 2025

[Joe Dupre']

Athena - the crepe myrtle. Not bad for 9 months of growth from a stump at collection.

 

[RozendaalArts]

Athena - the crepe myrtle. Not bad for 9 months of growth from a stump at collection.

Wow, she's beautiful, and a crape myrtle, I'm so jealous

 

[Joe Dupre']

Wow, she's beautiful, and a crape myrtle, I'm so jealous

Thanks. I was lucky to find her at an old homestead right along a country road. This was a SPROUT from the mother tree which was probably 2 1/2 feet+ in diameter........ approx. 3/4 of a meter for everyone else in the world. There were still remnants of the mother tree. It must have been impressive back in its day. The pic is of the hollow back of the tree. Judging by the curve of the hollow, the mother tree must have been impressive indeed.

 

[RozendaalArts]

Thanks. I was lucky to find her at an old homestead right along a country road. This was a SPROUT from the mother tree which was probably 2 1/2 feet+ in diameter........ approx. 3/4 of a meter for everyone else in the world. There were still remnants of the mother tree. It must have been impressive back in its day. The pic is of the hollow back of the tree. Judging by the curve of the hollow, the mother tree must have been impressive indeed.

Incredible, I love crape myrtles, though I have yet to find one for myself. Do you know what color the flowers are? Thanks for sharing. The combination of the bare wood and that unique crape myrtle bark will be interesting too.

 

[Joe Dupre']

Incredible, I love crape myrtles, though I have yet to find one for myself. Do you know what color the flowers are? Thanks for sharing. The combination of the bare wood and that unique crape myrtle bark will be interesting too.

The flowers are a kind of red/purple/lavender. Very showy. The only bad thing about crepes for bonsai is that the flowers tend to grow on long, extending shoots.............not really well-suited for bonsai. I plan to prune for a happy medium of bonsai proportions and flower enjoyment.

 

[vesper818]

On a walk home from church...
Ginkgo



Thread leaf JM




Misc street trees

 

[vesper818]

Typical Nor Cal coastal November colors...

We really dont have much winter, just overlapping fall and spring during the 6 month rainy season, followed by 6 month dry summers...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Japanese Beech today.

 

[JRidge]

Couple of bald cypress moments before I reduced them to sticks.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Stewartia

 

[KateM]

Witch hazel

 

[vp999]

Maple grove




Sorry..It's not allowing me to rotate the pic.

 

[vp999]

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[Brian Van Fleet]

Trident maple, Ikkou pot.

 

[Russ1]

Azalea Karens

 

[MalsRFun in TN]

Shishigashira Japanese maple, one of my only trees to hang on to its leaves and change color in this warm fall. This is a yardadori I got from a friend last spring. My other smaller Shishigashiras are all turning yellow.

 

[Russ1]

Ginkgo

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Trident maple just starting to color up, the Seigen in the background is putting on a clinic.

 

[KateM]

Sweetgum and villow oak

Willow oak. This is the one I dugup in the woods last spring. Amazing color, I think. The ones that are planted in the streets and shopping centers around here go burnt orange.

Zelkova

Oriental witch hazel

Virginia sweetspire

Cullery pear

European beech

JM

Cotoneaster

Barberry

 

[Russ1]

Forsythia