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Originally Posted by WHITEPINE
Hi,
Does anyone know if the Japanese White Beech, Fagus crenata , goes into its autumn colours early. The leaves at the top of the tree seem to be turning orange and yellow. I know that this is the autumn colour, but given that its only 14 August, I thought that this might be a bit soon. I certainly hope it is only that and nothing more problematic.
Hope you don't mind the English spelling and phraseology, I think its nice to show the international nature of this community, even though I know that most are from the USA.
Best wishes
Stephen
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Don't mind at all, the language is 'English' after all
Nothing annoys me more (ok, in reality heaps on things do) than when I install some software and the language options for English are 'American English' and 'International English'. How about 'English English'?!?! Anyway, sorry for my rant, but the whole world is not American so it's nice to see someone speaking the 'English' language the way it was intended, the 'English' way. I'm gonna get flamed aren't I? lol, I'm only mucking around, don't take it too seriously
As far as your question goes, I have not heard of them getting their autumn colour early, but that's not to say that it isn't so. Have you had unseasonally low temperatures that could be making the tree start early? How about light levels? Leaves start changing colours as they start photosynthesising (and relflecting) different wave lengths. I suppose that it could be possible that if you have had your tree in unnatural, or unseasonal light, the leaves could change early. Could be completely wrong though, but just some thoughts.