It’s a new year and we are already counting down the days (261!) until fall 2024 begins.
Until then, feast your eyes on some beautiful colors captured by Philip Reedy at the end of 2023. As he explained, “I keep thinking each report will be my last for the year, but it seems that every time I take a walk near my house, I still find fall colors hanging in there.”
On December 28, 2023 he found the ground covered in Velvet Ash leaves and a fair amount of them still on the trees.
While the Chinese Pistache trees have lost all of the gorgeous multi-colored leaves, the bright red berries are now on the trees and covering the ground. Plus, the Scarlett Firethorn bushes are just bursting with bright red berries, providing a post-Christmas palette of red and green.
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“Fall may be officially over, but some colors are hanging on around my house and even up in the mountains,” explained Philip Reedy.
“I spent Thursday morning on the greenbelt next to my house and then Thursday afternoon l drove up to Downieville along the North Fork of the Yuba River to a couple of my favorite spots. The leaves have all fallen along the Yuba, but the ground is covered with bronze colored Bigleaf Maple leaves, which contrast beautifully with the amazing variety of colored rocks along the river.”
Those rocks ensure color addicts can get an off season fix until autumn arrives once again, Reedy added.
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The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden was peaking last weekend, according to color spotter and Botanical Information Consultant, Frank McDonough.
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With the holiday season is full bloom, we’ve fallen behind on a few posts. Get ready to feast your eyes on some beautiful areas in California that still have colors to show off.
Kicking it off here, Rogersl Dunstan exclaimed last week that “Even the delta has some fall color with cottonwoods and some others.”
In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, “It ain’t over till it’s over,” commented color spotter Philip Reedy this week as he wandered his neighborhood in Davis.
That seems to apply not only to baseball but fall colors as well.
“I’ve been wandering around my neighborhood the past few days with my grandson in tow, looking for last vestiges of color,” Reedy explained. “A lot of trees have lost their leaves, but the Chinese Pistache are still hanging on. However, even after the leaves have fallen, their colors persist a while longer, providing the enterprising photographer many opportunities. On the greenbelt behind my house are Chinese Pistache, Gingko Biloba, Chinese Tallow, Bradford Pear, maples and oaks, so I don’t have to venture far.”
With any luck Reedy thought they may still have fall colors for Christmas, although the storm arriving yesterday may have stripped the remaining leaves from the trees.
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It seems like the cooler weather has finally caused the Ginkgo, Tulip, and Chinese Pistache trees in Sunnyvale to turn color.
Lucas Yan took a stroll around his neighborhood the afternoon of Dec. 4 and found some beautiful color, including reds and greens that look like they are right on time for the holiday season.
Over the years, of the many color spotters who have contributed to this site, Southern California’s Paco had the best nose for fall color.
He was often seen exploring the Eastern Sierra and San Bernardino Mountains with his companion and best friend, Soyoung Kim.
On those scouting trips, he’d often take in the beauty of the scene surrounding him, then finish his sojourn with a taste of Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.
We learned today that Paco passed away this autumn on Oct. 7.
While we mourn his passing, we note that he chose the season he loved best to retire from fall color spotting.