hey will dude ...

i kill virginia creeper by the dumptruck full .. bird planted ...

seriously.. you paid money for it.. and planted it????

for a small fee.. i will send you a few more boxfulls ...

rotflmbo ...

otherwise.. as always.. i am impressed by your passion ...

ken

I bought a Crataegus x persimilis 'Prunifolia Splendens' this summer gone, with 3 inch glossy black thorns and stunning fall colours. It's seems to have dropped some leaves quite quickly but I'll try to get a picture asap.

Post any photos you like.

Some of my trees are well ahead of the others. Here's a good example of one tree brilliantly ahead of the others.

Acer palmatum 'Koto Ito Komache'. It's worth mentioning that this tree was moved from a full-sun location in the front yard.

Another 'early turner', Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph'. In my climate, it begins turning a nice gold by October and holds that color until mid-Spring.

A couple other random early-Autumn shots:

-Will

A couple of autumn shots from our garden
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Fall seems to have arrived a little late this year. This Enkianthus is also usually a brighter red
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I like the way the Rhododendron PJM turns color in the Fall. The Dawn Redwood, 'Ogon' has yet to change color.

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rispetto, what are the small red and purple bushes(?) in your second and third photos? They make a neat color contrast.

botann, neither of my metasequoias have changed from green or yellow much at all. I'll try to post when they do. I bet your zone 8 change is later than my zone 6

Awesome garden Rispetto.

Botann ... yes! You do some intense gardening. Gotta love it.

Dax

I greet
my collection autumn.
I Greet in Darek

Looks cold there Darek. Your plants look a bit like mine, snuggled close together. Looks great.

A couple before this storm arrives:

-Will

Here are some pics of Moldovan Autumn 2010:
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Virginia Junipers in front, lebanon cedars on the background.
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Lebanon Cedars.
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Lacebark Pine (pinus bungeana)
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Ginkgos
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the same ginkgos.
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Joint fir (ephedra)
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Another Joint Fir
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And the last one is a landscape with conifers.

Here are some pics of Moldovan Autumn 2010:
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Virginia Junipers in front, lebanon cedars on the background.
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Lebanon Cedars.
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Lacebark Pine (pinus bungeana)
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Ginkgos
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the same ginkgos.
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Joint fir (ephedra)
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Another Joint Fir
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And the last one is a landscape with conifers.

Sunny October afternoon!

Some pictures from my garden of a bank of Cornus in colour with a borrowed camera.

Unidentified large amount of a red stemmed variety with Cornus alba 'Aurea' in the foreground.
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Again unidentified with Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' in the foreground
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Metasequioa glyptostroboides:

It's amazing how fast these ones grow. I sowed this tree in spring 2007. Now it's almost 2,50 meters (8 feet) high. Last years' growth was about one meter!
Nice tree, only in winter it looks ugly (imo).....

Greetings
Menno

Autumn in my garden looks like this.

Maria

A couple of mine.

Metasequoia Ogon - Still Green & Happy. It grew about a meter this year. I was expecting slower.

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Regular Metasequoia. You really have to peak in to see the color starting to come.

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The ginkgos look great!

Here are a couple from this morning.

Pinus mugo 'Zundert'

Pinus mugo 'Golden Glow'

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Glacier's End is looking pretty sweet right now as well.

Here's a shot of the entrance to the back garden:

and a shot of one of the Alpine conifer beds with a magificent A.p. 'O Isami' as a backdrop.
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Nice looking gardens in these Autumn colors!

Maria, watch that Larix kaempferi 'Little Bogle' carefully.
It will overgrow the others in now time!
It's not that little as the name suggest...

Mirek, which big one in your garden is transformed into a giant garden bonsai?

Crypper, you create a nice mix of plants in your garden.
The 'Goldilocks'/'Dr. Landis (gold)' and the 'Chief Joseph' are real eye catchers!

Dave, it's about time you posted more photos from your garden. I know we have similar tastes and now I seen indeed you have a fantastic setting. Your maples are wonderful and your conifers are cruising along. It almost looks like you bought your 'Goldilocks' from the nursery I am working with. Gig Harbor maybe? Good to see the photos - let's see some more.

A few shots from today:

-Will

@Will and Edwin,

thanks for the kind words :)

Dave

Thank you Edwin, I know this Larix is not on its place, I am going to move it next spring. By the way this Larix is labeled as Larix kaempferi Curvis Moerchant.

Maria

Hi Maria, I never came across this 'Curvis Moerchant' but when I searched with Google I saw that my friend Jörg Kohout does have this one for sale but it's discription is the same as 'Little Bogle'.
I wouldn't be surprised if these are the same one...

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Mirek, a nice shiny rain indeed!

Edwin, I have both, but I can not show the photos. I have problems with photobucket a couple of days. I can not download photos from my computer...

Maria, it's a pitty that you can't show us photo's of both the Larix cultivars yet, but can you tell us if you can see some differences?

I think that your problem with Google is now that you used your monthly free space of photo's completely, you'll get new space every 3th day of the next month which is comming Tuesday ;0)

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/slideshow/578848303MLwpnV

Mike

Here is a link that might be useful: Fall pics

Edwin, in my opinion Larix kaempferi 'Little Bogle' is not so curly as 'Curvis Moerchant' and has more irregular type of growth. I will try again to post photos. Thanks for advice.

Maria

Wisconsin's Northwoods in early October. A bit past peak.

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Tsuga canadensis 'Jervis' and Variegated Solomon's Seal

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Picea mariana 'Echiniformis', Winterberry, Barberry & Pinus flexilis 'W.B.' I ate the winterberries after taking the shot. You can call me a ham cuz I chewed the scenery.

Thuja occ. 'Malonyana Aurea' and Barberry

Cupressus noot. 'Green Arrow' and Little Bluestem

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Pinus strobus 'Mini Twists' (Cham. ob 'Chirimen' on right) with Fothergilla gardenii

Picea abies 'St. James' & 'Summer Wine' Ninebark

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Pinus resinosa 'Don Smith' and the same Ninebark.

tj

Tsugajunkie, very bright, very beautiful photos!
A real fall, as it should be!

Maria

Yep, great shots tommy-tsuga. Thanks mirek. I'm always interested in seeing more of your garden. You too Maria.

And thanks Botann, photo 30 is my favorite.

Dax

This little guy I have had 10 years. It always put on great Autumn color.

All my other Ginkgo's are still green.

Dave Ginkgo b. 'Witch's Broom'
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Great shots here. Love the natural photos, which for most provide the initial desire to go out and get some Autumn color for their own piece of land.

Colors seem to be peaking here, though a wind storm recently knocked off most of the older leaves.

-Will

Larix rulez:

Kleckas, nice Larix in Autumn pics!
Your 'Cruwys Morchard' must be written as
'Curvis Moerchant' and is in my opion still the same as 'Little Bogle'...

Will, fantastic assortment, were will you find some space left to plant the one's which are still in a pot?
When are you going to start at your neighbour's garden you mentioned about a while ago?

Tommy Tsuga, you showed us also some nice colored pics.
Your Picea mariana 'Echiniformis is a Picea mariana 'Nana'.

>Your 'Cruwys Morchard' must be written as
>'Curvis Moerchant' and is in my opion still the same
>as 'Little Bogle'...

Since when?

By the way, 'Little Bogle' is usually listed as L. decidua cultivar.

Thanks, all. I think I'm getting a feel for this digital thing. After 25yrs of shooting with the control of a Nikon FM2 its a bit hard to adjust.

Edwin, that P. mariana pic may be deceiving as it was taken with a macro setting. It only stands about 3 1/2 inches tall (9-10cm) and grows less than 1 cm per year. I thought 'Nana' had a faster growth rate.

tj

Kleckas,
Maria's photo in this same topic made me surch for this 'Curvis Moerchant' because I wasn't familiar with this cultivar before.
A little investigation brought my to my German friend Jörg Kohout and he mentioned this cultivar written this way at his website (see link).
As he is a very good plantsman he's very trustful when it come's to conifer names.
The name curvis (like curved) make more sence because the branches are twisted.

Indeed, 'Little Bogle' is listed as a Larix decidua cultivar but it is certainly not, it's wood is as red as a crawfish which is a characteristic of Larix kaempferi.

The thing is that a lot of people believes all what is written on a tag or what is written in a book.
It's very important to watch the plant by it's characteristics and then make a conclusion what it realy is...

Tommy Tsuga,
Your plant is what we discussed a little while ago and is at a lot of places sold as Picea glauca 'Echiniformis' which it isn't and it seems that this cultivar isn't availlable in the U.S. at all.
This plant is Picea mariana 'Nana', Picea mariana 'Echiniformis' doesn't exist.
Maybe the explanation for your less growing rate is the place were your plant is standing in your garden, the Pinus flexilis (?) at the right next to it didn't grow that well either.
But maybe I'm wrong in this case and if that is so I want to say sorry to you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Larix kaempferi 'Curvis Moerchant'

Hello
Small red and purple bushes drom my last photos are heathers.
And some pictures from last Sunday

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Edwin, don't worry about it. Those plants are in a trough
and that certainly could have an effect on them. Although,
the so-called glauca 'Echiniformis' I see around here does
have a similar slow growth rate to mine and the mariana
'Nana' around here does grow faster. Or...maybe the mariana
'Nana' (Blue Nest Spruce) are labeled wrong as well ;-)

tj

Autumn is trailing off and Winter is in the air now. With temps in the low 40s the leaves are rapidly coloring and dropping.

Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'.