I figured our trees would be muted this year, what with the dry conditions of summer. Through September we were down over 10% (3") in annual rainfall. In fact the US Drought Monitor still has us in their D1 (Moderate Drought) category. I figured the trees would simply drop brown leaves.
And that's what seemed to be happening earlier. But recently the color ramped up and we had a beautiful last-minute display of fall color.
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The tree above was supposed to be a Willow Oak. That's what Lowe's had it tagged several years ago and that's what is appeared to be when we first planted it. The leaves were thin and long. But deer browsed the bark and I thought it had been killed. I put a small fence around the trunk and the tree somehow survived. But it now appears to be a Pin Oak. What gives? Was this some hybrid that everted to some other stock? How could that be?
Today (10-30-23) we've had soaking rains for two days and most of our trees have lost most of their leaves. So the color season comes to an end.
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