Pop!
When the LA County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens pop, they POP!
Although the Arboretum’s Frank McDonough rates the color as just reaching Near Peak, it sure looks like it’s peaking. He says only half the winter deciduous foliage is showing peak color, with dramatic Gingko biloba to turn color in coming weeks.
This means, the LA County Arboretum (and other botanic gardens in the southland) have a way to go before autumn ends. It is a definite go-to place on Orange Friday (the day following Thanksgiving Day), if you’re looking for something inspiring to do that involves being outside.
A row of deep red “Autumn Blaze” Freeman maple (Acer ‘Jeffersred’) are competing with flowering plants in the garden.
American elm, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough 
Black Tupelo, Nyssa sylvatica, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough 
Black locust leaves, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough 
American elm, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough 
Pin oak, Quercus palustris, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough 
Meyberg Falls area, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough 
Crepe myrtle and hybrid maples, LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (11/17/20) Frank McDonough
Photographers position themselves around Baldwin Lake to photograph the orange-red reflections of wild grape climbing palm trees.
Everywhere you look, right now, striking Autumn blaze maple beg for attention. The showy red foliage of these Freeman cultivars show their descent from red and silver maple, propagation that occurs both in the nursery and the wild.
- LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Arcadia (482′) – Near Peak (50-75%) Go Now.
