It’s peak fall color time in Appalachia…perhaps even 3 or so days past the peak…though some species of trees and shrubs are still to color up in various locations.
Do you have a favorite tree, bush, shrub you’d like to mention? More than one is
fine…sometimes it’s hard to just pick one.
Virginia Sweetspire, sourwood, black gum, paperbark maples are my favorite reds.
Sassafrass for orange.
Hickory, yellowwood, ginkgo, spicebush, fringe tree and pawpaw for yellows.
Beautiful @BlueBerry !! I have a red twig Japanese maple that is small but beautiful in the fall. I also love the golden color of my gingko this time of the year. The only negative–all those leaves are going to fall in about two days. Get out the rake! I’ll post a better pic tomorrow when there’s more sunshine. It looks perfectly dreary today.
for bushes, aronia and blueberry have bright red color. red and sugar maple for reds and oranges and aspen for the yellows, then a little later, the larches turn a golden yellow and drop their needles in late October.
The trees are just starting to turn here, but some of the potted plants have gotten a head start. Left to right is Herbert blueberry, Inchon persimmon and Hannah’s Choice blueberry.
