It’s a new year and we are already counting down the days (261!) until fall 2024 begins.
Until then, feast your eyes on some beautiful colors captured by Philip Reedy at the end of 2023. As he explained, “I keep thinking each report will be my last for the year, but it seems that every time I take a walk near my house, I still find fall colors hanging in there.”
On December 28, 2023 he found the ground covered in Velvet Ash leaves and a fair amount of them still on the trees.
While the Chinese Pistache trees have lost all of the gorgeous multi-colored leaves, the bright red berries are now on the trees and covering the ground. Plus, the Scarlett Firethorn bushes are just bursting with bright red berries, providing a post-Christmas palette of red and green.
We officially said farewell to fall this week, but no one told the foliage at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden.
As of Thursday, Frank McDonough reported that things were “still looking gorgeous,” however impeding rain in area may change the landscape quickly.
Until then, enjoy these colors along with your holiday season.
Mark Harding captured some beautiful light at Malibu Creek State Park last week, as fall foliage begins to enjoy its golden hour in the area.
“The Coastal Sycamores are in various stage as we get fall pretty late down here,” he explained.
“I also included an Osprey with dinner at Malibu Lagoon. It was a pretty neat sight.”
With the holiday season is full bloom, we’ve fallen behind on a few posts. Get ready to feast your eyes on some beautiful areas in California that still have colors to show off.
Kicking it off here, Rogersl Dunstan exclaimed last week that “Even the delta has some fall color with cottonwoods and some others.”
A walk about in his neighborhood in Redlands had Michael Ponce giddy with color excitement.
Color remains in pockets such as these around the state. Get out and explore this weekend before Old Man Winter really takes hold!
It seems like the cooler weather has finally caused the Ginkgo, Tulip, and Chinese Pistache trees in Sunnyvale to turn color.
Lucas Yan took a stroll around his neighborhood the afternoon of Dec. 4 and found some beautiful color, including reds and greens that look like they are right on time for the holiday season.
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Over the years, of the many color spotters who have contributed to this site, Southern California’s Paco had the best nose for fall color.
He was often seen exploring the Eastern Sierra and San Bernardino Mountains with his companion and best friend, Soyoung Kim.
On those scouting trips, he’d often take in the beauty of the scene surrounding him, then finish his sojourn with a taste of Ben & Jerry’s Coffee Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.
We learned today that Paco passed away this autumn on Oct. 7.
While we mourn his passing, we note that he chose the season he loved best to retire from fall color spotting.
See you next autumn, dude.