Czech Yamadori

 There are a lot of species that change their dress into something more fancy to celebrate the fall fiesta. Sugar maples are first to come to my mind ( even though it is based solely on the pics presented on different media ).   Pseudocydonia sinensis was another tree that falls into this group I thought.   Well, until I bought one  and eagerly waited for the fall full of expectation  to see how its dark green foliage turns in vibrant shades of yellow, orange and red.  Bad luck.  Clearly it may happen but it depends on the right cocktail of  sun, temperatures and sugar contents.   Anything else?  Well yes, reasonable water/nutrients  supply helping tree to be in a good shape to start with.   No pests for sure. In the region I live there are trees that produce great autumn colours too.   Burning-bush ( Euonymus ), some species of Pyrus or Sorbus, Ginkgo, Cornus and for sure some more if only I can r...

Mahalebs are hard working trees.   They tend to keep their leaves till the first harder frost night and then they simply drop them.   At least this is very often the case with mahalebs in our place.  And I think this is also the case for some other species from the Prunus Genus like apricot for one. But sometimes for unknown reasons they could present some splendid colours.  Like this little mahaleb.      Height: 34 cm Collected: 2012