[Magdalen] Autumn Splendor.

[Charles Wohlers]

Drove up here from Mass. yesterday, and, yes, the colo(u)r along the way was 
gorgeous. Down in SE Mass., Fall color is just about to hit its prime, but 
it was at peak from Manchester (NH) all the way to Franconia Notch. Past 
there (and here), however, the trees are pretty much bare, save for beeches 
and the tamarack (larches) you speak of. American larch grows wild up here 
(altho not on our property) and is fairly common. I love watching the beech 
trees turn - they start at the top, turning orange then brown, so you have a 
nice transition from the top to bottom of the tree, brown at the top, then 
orange, and finally still some green at the very bottom of the tree. Young 
beeches especially tend to keep their leaves all winter, but it's a very 
dead looking brown and not (IMHO) particularly attractive.

That's the report from Vermont -

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



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Subject: [Magdalen] Autumn Splendor.



I made the trip down the mountain to get my flu shot today.  I  was
surprised by the amount of remaining color, the brighter red hues
coming mostly from late Red Maples, and Scarlet Oaks.

It's late enough that the deciduous conifers are coloring in  preparation
for dropping their "needles."  In my yard there are 40' American
and European Larches (Lariix laricina and Larix decidua) now solid
columns of butter yellow, and the two 80' Dawn Redwoods (Metasequoia
glyptostroboides) are a brilliant red and orange.

The buds on my plants in the "rhododendron hell" in front and side
yards are especially large this autumn and hopefully are promising a
spectacular spring display.

There's a serene restfulness about November when all this coloration
is all over and things settle in for the long winter's night.  I'm  already
getting sleepy.


David Strang.