Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Autumn colours

The Manchurian pear (top picture) is golden now but will turn to a deep red soon, I hope.  The yellowing chestnut leaves, next picture will remain yellow until they drop off.  The chestnut tree is actually in a pot.  Caley planted the seed many, many years ago when he was still at school.  I am enjoying the autumn colours in my garden and in other gardens I can see from my window.  The colours in the crab apple (last picture), may turn a little redder.  What I am looking forward to is the tree (name I am not sure) in the front garden (third picture), which will turn a bright deep red.  I hope it will happen before I go away for two weeks at the end of May.  The colours of autumn do not hang around for long.

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