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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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