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Leaves not falling yet here,have yours?

madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
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Checked my diary for this time last year and see that I was raking up leaves from the lawn.
Today however I have a few leaves but nowhere near enough to warrant getting out the rake!
Looking around I see trees are still in full leaf,but obviously turning,even though it is windy today the leaves still are not falling.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Almost all down here, but I think that's more to do with the wind than the cold.
    Devon.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Quite variable here. The ash trees have been completely bare for a while, the elders lost the last of theirs this week. The leaves on the big beech tree by our house have changed colour, mostly, but it is still holding on to them. The oaks, hawthorn and hazel are still mostly green. 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Woodland on two sides oh the house so have been clearing leaves for a few weeks and last night's high winds have brought more down.  Not many left.
    SW Scotland
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not much left here. Probably later than most years though, as we had warmer weather in August.  The big, mature trees at lower level, which are often slightly more sheltered, still have some and look stunning. Everything else is bare.  My [blackthorn] hedge has been bare for  a week or two. 
    Most of the wildest wind happened before trees changed colour too much , so it was branches rather than just leaves that fell, but last night will probably have seen off a lot of the remaining ones. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    A mixture here - the big Ash trees on my street (which give the main haul of leaves on my drive) have nearly all gone and most of the trees in my garden are going into full Autumn colours. My large, old, apple tree is still fairly green, although the smaller one is bare. My large Acer is multi-coloured with red at the top and still some green on the lower branches. 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Lone poplar almost naked now as are 3 of my acers in pots but not 4 others.  Ash trees and walnut are semi naked but the persimmon (wild root stock) is still very green as is a hawthorn and some birches and other wild bits in the tree sized hedge between us and our neighbours.   Local oaks are a mix of deep purple and half naked which is odd.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Although some of the trees are turning and leaves are falling, there are still lots left on the trees. Outside our boundary are two very large Norwegian Maples (stunning colour) 
    two silver birches, and an unknown purple leaved tree. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    in the garden, not many, the crab apple,cherry, and silver birch, as I journey, the trees are only just begining to turn, autumny colours.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    raisingirl said:
    Quite variable here. The ash trees have been completely bare for a while, the elders lost the last of theirs this week. The leaves on the big beech tree by our house have changed colour, mostly, but it is still holding on to them. The oaks, hawthorn and hazel are still mostly green. 
    Still the same here. The colours on the beeches are very impressive this year with them hanging on for so long. I'm hoping we get a still, cold day or 2 like last year when all the leaves fell straight down in one go into huge carpets beneath the trees.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    That sounds a lovely journey Pansyface.  We usually try to visit Stourhead this time of year as that's quite spectacular, but are running out of time. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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