Larches are deciduous conifers that lose their needles in fall. The golden needles are their consolation prize.
Category Archives: Trees
Fantastic Red Oak
Red Oaks are one of the best native trees for fall color. There are only a few large Red Oaks here, most are young offspring.
One or the Other
Soon a Red Oak will have to be cut back or it will over top this White Spruce. For now I leave the Red Oak, as it gives something for a deer to rub on.
Royal Frost Birch
The Royal Frost Birch has attractive leaf color in summer, but now those leaves have turned yellow. Some of the red leaves near the bottom have yet to change, adding to the contrast of the summer and fall foliage.
Pitlolly Pine Cone
Pitlolly Pine trees are starting to produce pine cones. The pine cone seems to look more like a Pitch Pine more than a Loblolly Pine. This seems logical, as most of my Pitlolly Hybrid Pines have died, so probably the ones that had more Pitch Pine in them are the ones that have survived and […]
Yellow Birch
Japanese White Birches have many ornamental aspects. The Sun helps bring out the fall color in them.
Appreciating Tulip Poplar
Tulip Poplar trees are starting to dot my oasis. These trees are sensitive to drought, so I need to site them strategically.
Large Leaves of the Sycamore Tree
Sycamore trees create a lot of leaf litter when their gigantic leaves fall on the ground. But their leaves are small when compared to Paulownia trees. Luckily, the Paulownia leaves quickly disintegrate.
Yellow Leaves, White Bark
Japanese White Birch can have yellow fall leaves that contrast well with the white bark on this species. This species grows fast like other Birches.
Japanese Zelkova
Some of my young Japanese Zelkova seedlings are coloring up nicely. These trees are related to Elms and have leaves that look similar.