Having managed to do the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day post in a timely fashion this month I thought I would also join Pam over at Digging in the Foliage Follow Up. I have read Pam’s blog ever since I started blogging some 8 years ago and met her when I went to the Garden Bloggers Fling in San Francisco. Having a growing preference for foliage it is a logical meme for me to join but I often find myself thinking oh I have shown this or that and so I don’t join in. This month it dawned on me, I can be a little slow at times, that I should show some of the foliage on my decidious plants so this month I am focussing on the Birch jacquemontii which lives in my front garden.
My sons bought the tree for me probably about 8 years ago and I love it. Its one of the few plants that I will be upset to leave if I ever move house and I keep an eye out for seedlings which I might be able to pot up but they are few and far between. I see this tree every morning from my bedroom window when I look out to see what the weather gods have decided to present us with and it struck me yesterday morning what a wonderful color the leaves had turned.
Due to our mild temperatures this Autumn the leaf color seems to be changing quite slowly and amazingly the birch seem to be hanging on to the leaves despite the strong winds we have had. The leaves look almost orange in the photographs but this morning in the dull light of an overcast day there was a distinct pale yellow glow to the tree.
So there’s my foliage follow up post this month, not a succulent or evergreen leaf to be seen, makes a change for me. To see more fabulous foliage pop over to Pam’s Austin garden and check out the comments box for other links.
