Garden Pic Wednesday: My Bit of Fall Color

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 This is my Maple Tree in my back yard:
Actually, it's reasonably pretty this year. The trick to good fall color in deciduous trees is it has to get cold gradually. If cold comes on too suddenly, the change is swift and leaves fall too quick for a good showing of color and that's true regardless of location.

Here in Northwest Florida, there are plenty of deciduous trees mixed in among the evergreen pines, magnolia trees & live oaks: Maples, Pecan Trees, Cypress, Sycamore, Scrub Oaks and all of them color as the weather cools between November & December.
Pecan Trees turn a brilliant yellow. Cypress range from burnt to ruddy orange. Scrub Oaks turn a deep red tone. Anyone with a Japanese Maple gets burgundy.

This Maple is called a "Florida Maple" or a "Florida Sugar Maple."
It's a wild tree that was already established on the property when we built our house.


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