Fall Color!!

Very nice!
How are your blueberry bushes, Louise?

Turning color, Candyce......and the swamp maple where the road crosses our brook is bright red! Two more days of summer officially..........:(

Dee, my pride was gone a long time ago!

I love the absolute brilliance of a swamp maple in the fall!

Yes, Candyce, and the sugar maples, too.

Swamp, or Red Maples, are usually the first to turn. Sugars are gorgeous.

Forgot the plant but color starting.

Oakleak Hydrangea 'Snow Queen'.

Viburnum 'Mariesii'.

Great plants, Victor, especially the Viburnum.

Thanks Pirl.

Have you heard of Cladadastris (hope I spelled that right) Lutea, Reesville Ridge. It's supposed to get quite tall and it gets wildly red leaves. Wild enough for even YOU. I just planted it today.

And it made you think of Victor? How sweet.

Yes, because of his love of fall colors.

No I haven't. I'll check it out. Cladadastris sounds like a disease!

My spelling error! Cladrastis is the name. Here's DG's page on it: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=cladrastis+kentukea&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bblank_cultivar%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search&searcher[genus]=Cladrastis

This page and others view it as yellow, late fall but I know I've seen a photo of it as red. Maybe that was a result of spelling the name wrong!

Thanks. All the Fall photos I've seen show it as yellow. Pretty though. And a native.

love that Hydrangea Victor

Lovely Fall berries shinning in the sunshine.

Nice. Berries are another sure sign!

Itea 'Saturnalia' starting. The leaves hang on a long time. It will still have color into December.

Lots of yellow and brown here from no rain but the burning bush is just getting a bit of red.

Both are lovely, Victor. That second photo would make a lovely wallpaper border.

Thanks Pirl. The second one was ngam's. I'll take credit for it though!

You probably have it but were too shy to post it.

Great color, ngam!

Actually I don't like Burning Bush. Too boring for the other 50 weeks.

I thought it went on like that for a good 6 weeks. No?

I've never seen that.

Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy'.

Pretty, Victor.....isn't Mount Airy where Barney Fife lives??? How is your thumb tonight? Still typing with one hand?

Burning bush was pretty short lived for color here - week to 10 days before they drop.

I think this is a beech - not mine.

Ugh. Ever since your last post, Victor, I've got an old TV ad jingle stuck in my head. Does anyone remember this one? If you were like me, you heard it a trillion times as a kid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dOsgyw7yBw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbexschwartz%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F2006%5F10%5F01%5Farchive%2Ehtml

:)
Dee

I remember that!! Every now and then, through the years, the jingle would pop into my head! I'm so happy you found that link!

Yes, Dee, I remember that, too. When it closed down, a few years ago, there was one comment by someone who used to frequent the place: It was a good place to come. Many people have fond memories of it.

Oh yes Dee! I found that silly jingle in my head every time I did anything with the plant.

LOL, Victor - I can picture you humming that darn song non-stop as you are planting the shrub, lol!

Pirl, in searching for a link to the song, I found a website where people reminisced about the place - several former employees as well as folks who honeymooned there, and even some who grew up in the area. Quite an interesting site!

Dee

We have friends that treated themselves to Mt. Airy Lodge one weekend every year and they still talk about it.

I have a few tree's changing in my yard...and leaving a mess on the lawn.

nice colors on the tree...don't care for them on the lawn.

I took a pic of some virginia creeper the other day - some buckthorn mixed in and growing under a boxelder. Is this the invasive forum.LOL