European Alders are one of the later trees to lose its leaves. The Alder usually drops its leaves while still green. This is not a tree for good fall color.
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Alder Spring
The various species of Alders on my Oasis have awakened with some warmer weather. This is my best looking Black Alder. Most of them have succumbed to various problems, the main one being major sunscald problems I think. My young Gray Alders have attractive female cones developing this spring. The reddish cones will turn brown […]
European Alder
European Alder has fast growth rates. Though for some reason this is the only one of my European Alders that hasn’t died back to the ground.
European Alder Green
The European Alder(Alnus glutinosa) keeps its green leaves longer than most trees in the autumn. The downfall is there is no fall color for this Alder tree.