goodbye summer

Alasdair

I've ben off the net for a while and have been spending a bit more time with my trees than in previouse years. But this year i have noticed the effects of autumn have come much sooner than before. My maples and silver birch have lost their leaves completely now (last leaf fell only a few minutes ago) whereas my oaks and linden are still beautiful and green. Normally all the leaves fall at the same time and i can sort them out for the winter all at once. As my collection is rather small, only a dozen trees unworthy of the name bonsai, i was wondering if it's just mine or if other people in the northen hemisphere are experiencing the same thing?

Cheers
Al

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pootsie

Not so in my case. My trees have not even considered changing yet.

I moved to a warmer climate, and fall here is a couple weeks later than it was in my old place just a 1.5 hour drive north (but right next to a very big lake).

pootsie

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caro

Al[/QUOTE]My maples and silver birch have lost their leaves completely now (last leaf fell only a few minutes ago) whereas my oaks and linden are still beautiful and green.


Hi Alasdair
I noticed yesterday an Oak leaf laying in my garden off my bonsai also my Ginko is turning lighter in colour.
I,m keeping an eye on my Larch for any change but nothing so far.
Caro

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andrew lenden

hi, i,m experiencing autumn a little later this year in north wales, some of the older leaves on my maples are just starting to show. whereas last year i took this photo in the first week of october, cheers andrew

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Aaron_K

Nice Japanese Maples Andrew! Gotta love those autumn hues.


To be honest, I've not really witnessed a great deal of change in most of my trees. The leaves on my Ginko have yellowed and a couple have dropped. The Chinese elms have a one or two yellow leaves, but are still pushing out new growth. Even my Deshojo and Sango Kaku pushed out some new shoots too only last week. My Dawn Redwood have got a very slight orange tint coming but haven't dropped any foliage. Other than that, everything else is still lush and green.

The daytime temperatures are still hitting 20-24c and the nights are dropping down to about 12c. It's not until mid October usually, that we see autumn here fully. Must be the North/South divide Alasdair

All the best,

Aaron

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caro

Hi Aaron.
We only hit 16c here on the east coast!
It was a real winter chill day today even though we had sun.
Where are you?
Caro

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Aaron_K

Hi Caro,

I'm in tropical Northwest Kent lol. Deep in the suburbs. Today was 19c on my thermometer outside in the garden. Wind was been coming from the North / Northeast for the past two days and the air had a bit of a nip in it when the sun went in and the wind blew. Monday it was 22c and last weekend was warmer still. I've been keeping a close eye on it, because I keep on moving my ficus inside at night and carting it back outside to the sunshine during the day.

All the best,

Aaron

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Bonsaifreak

I wish I could say that. It's 90-95 degrees F here in South Texas...

Jorge

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Ralph

Had been 37+ here all this past week and the week before, until today 21! Shall we finally declare a good bye to our oppresive summer? This has been the suckiest summer in more ways than just the heat, and I will not miss it!

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