Acer saccharum, with yellow fall color
The old sugar maple tree in front of the kitchen door is in glorious fall color right now.
Sugar maples have some of the most brilliant autumn colors of all trees. They can be yellow, orange, or red.
The rest of our old sugar maples grow in a row in front of the site of the old log house. They all turn orange. This one grows in a different area of the yard, near the old garden site, and it's the only one that turns yellow.
Standing beneath this tree and appreciating its rich, beautiful color for a few minutes will make any autumn day better.
"The power to recognize trees at a glance without examining their leaves or flowers or fruit as they are seen, for example, from the car-window during a railroad journey, can only be acquired by studying them as they grow under all possible conditions over wide areas of territory. Such an attainment may not have much practical value, but once acquired it gives to the possessor a good deal of pleasure which is denied to less fortunate travelers."
4 comments -- please add yours:
I think sugar maples are the fall tree. Some trees have good or bad color years based on the weather. I can't recall a year in which Sugar Maples aren't amazing. Even with the awful drought this year, I have seen some beautiful ones already.
You are right about sugar maples' color, Chris. This one has been beautiful every fall. I did water it pretty good several times during the extreme drought. It's a valuable tree to us -- it provides a lot of shade -- and I want it to live as long as possible.
genevieve, what a great autumn photo!!! You see the beauty and awe from underneath the tree also. We're kindred spirits. I looove standing underneath golden or red and peach leaved sugar maples and gazing up.
Autumn takes my breath away.
I'm soooo glad I found your blogs. I'll visit often!!! You're very talented.
Hugs, JJ
Thanks for visiting JJ, and thanks for your kind remarks. The photo in this post actually shows one of the tree's main branches, but it is big enough to be a tree trunk! It's an old tree, and it won't be around too many more years, but we're trying to nurse it along.
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