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beautiful pics tvdxer. You wont see autumn colours like that in the australian countryside! Almost all native vegetation here is evergreen.
All the trees and plants here aree fully bloomed. Started in early September, by early October it was a done deal.
What are your autumn colours like then?
(you told me Melbourne gets autumn colours)
Very nice. Sounds like the plants started blooming before the official southern hempisphere "1st day of Spring."
In Toronto in a normal year,
nothing happens until 2-3 weeks after the "1st Day of Spring"
no leaves pop out until 4-6 weeks after the "1st Day of Spring"
and our leaves are a "done deal" only one month before the "1st Day of Summer"
or roughly 2 months after the "1st Day of Spring"
Well our fall colors are right at peak now I'd say, but the winds have been howling the last two days and are stripping all the trees. I swear a week ago the trees and grass were green, now the grass is brown (dormant) and the trees are getting bare, getting dark earlier. All of a sudden it looks like winter outside. Only strange thing is it's been 70+ for the last week...
What are your autumn colours like then?
(you told me Melbourne gets autumn colours)
....from various species imported European decidious trees which have been planted around the city.
You wont see autumn colours in the hills for example like you do in nth america. Almost all native species are evergreen.
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Very nice. Sounds like the plants started blooming before the official southern hempisphere "1st day of Spring."
Sept 1 is offcial start of spring, everything was pretty bare at that time.
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In Toronto in a normal year,
nothing happens until 2-3 weeks after the "1st Day of Spring"
no leaves pop out until 4-6 weeks after the "1st Day of Spring"
and our leaves are a "done deal" only one month before the "1st Day of Summer"
or roughly 2 months after the "1st Day of Spring"
Most leaves have all fallen off my Ash trees in my backyard. I mowed them up on Saturday. My neighbor's quaking aspen still is loaded with leaves. Currently all trees in my area (Salt Lake City) are covered in snow....and it keeps comin' down.
The vast majority of ours are way past peak now. Just a jumble different shades of brown. From light almost tan to chocolate. A few trees are holding out and are still tinged with red, gold or orange but they are the minority for sure.
Been so warm the last few days I had to mow the lawn again. I was hoping not to do that until Spring again.
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