Autumn Leaves
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| ‘Dancing Peacock’ |
Someone needs to write a song… 🙂
With an atmospheric river and 30 mph winds predicted this past weekend, I was afraid the ginkgo, which had just started to turn color, would be stripped. We were lucky though and it remains intact.
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| Gingko ‘Princeton Sentry’ |
After the storm…
The Black Tupelo (Nyssa slyvatica) changes color from the inside out –
The above photo was taken last week. Here it is today –
‘Wolf Eyes’ Dogwood (Cornus kousa) has never had such pink color –
Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea’, Crape Myrtle ‘Dynamite’ (Lagerstroemia), and Persian Ironwood (Parrotia persica) –
Japanese Maple ‘Beni Hime’ –
Serviceberry ‘Autumn Brilliance’ (Amelanchier) with tree peonies –
Stewartia pyschocamellia starts the color show early. It has since faded to a much softer color –
Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy