RE: Re: was weather, now fall color

That may explain why it has taken about 7 years for my young tulip tree to
give me a fall display of yellow leaves!  The past several years the leaves
had just turned brown and dropped off.  This year it is a glorious yellow!
(It was one of those pity purchases we made as the poor tree was anything
but straight, with a main leader broken off and a side-shoot taking the
leader's place, poor thing.  But then, I love asymmetrical schemes.  I love
Harry Louder's walking stick (hope to own two some day) and the twisted
scrub pines on some of the mountain sides I've seen in Colorado.

Thanks for the insight! 

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of cathy carpenter
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:07 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] Re: was weather, now fall color

Have yet to figure out the mysteries of fall leaf coloration. Don't 
really think it is a maturity driven phenomenon though. I have a red 
maple hybrid that has yet to show much color other than yellow, and my 
next door neighbor has a sugar maple that only sporadically gets really 
vibrant. Now when we move away from the genus Acer, I have some lovely 
coloration: Nyssa sylvatica, Cotinus obovatus, Rhus aromatica have been 
standouts this year.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b/6

On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 08:31 AM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

> Gene,
> That's interesting about the color change on your Japanese Maple. I
> didn't think they required that much maturity to show their color
> change. Kitty

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