Sort of. The real Autumn color of here is brown, but early morning light and an actual touch of turn to the Japanese Maple provide a brief hint of it.
The most reliable mix of classic Autumn is found in the koi pond.
Sort of. The real Autumn color of here is brown, but early morning light and an actual touch of turn to the Japanese Maple provide a brief hint of it.
The most reliable mix of classic Autumn is found in the koi pond.
I'm surprised that Japanese Maples do well there at all. Even here in STL they get scorched almost every summer if they have full sun exposure, and we actually get rain sometimes. Nice to see the koi again -- it's been a while. :)
ReplyDeleteIf we get a string of several consecutive relatively rainy years, they really look good. It's this year after 4 years of drought that they really looked poorly.
DeleteFunny coincidence: I drove around Davis yesterday looking for fall color. I actually found quite a bit, esp. from ginkgos and Chinese pistache.
ReplyDeleteWe have a large Japanese maple in the ground that didn't seem fazed by the heat and drought. However, my small lace-leaf Acer palmatum (in a pot, to boot!) suffered all year, just like yours.
The lace-leaf types abhor our hard water. Drainage is so quick here--being on a hill has both advantages (succulents) and disadvantages (little maples).
DeleteThe fall colors are wonderful. I love Japanese maples so much -- hope yours will be OK. That last photo looks like a Japanese woodblock print. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAt least we got a bit of color from a few cold-ish nights. :)
DeleteAt least the koi can be counted on! My 'Sango Kaku' Japanese maple usually produces good color but it was mainly dingy brown this year. The foliage on one of the 2 persimmons burned badly as well and the other has shown only the faintest tinge of color. Even the ornamental pear, the most reliable of them all, has done pretty much nothing thus far. It was 87F here today but "they" say we're in for a temperature downshift this week...
ReplyDeleteThey may be fabulous if we get the rain we are supposed to get where is the darn rain already!?! ;^) At least its cooler!
DeleteBeautiful Autumn leaves dear Hoover, they glow in the sunshine. The Koi are so cute!
ReplyDeleteHappy week
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Happy week, Dianne!
DeleteSorry to hear that the Japanese maples were unhappy this year. Fingers crossed for this hose that's aimed the PNW right now will be moving down your way soon. Your koi are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope you and your garden are enjoying the rain!
DeleteIs that Spanish moss in the Japanese maple in the first pic? It just springs up by itself, or did you place some? Way cooooool either way.
ReplyDeleteYes it is. That is one of the more relatively moist places in the garden, not that it is moist, but relatively.
DeleteSo gorgeous! The most wholesome, heavenly gold
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