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Something odd is happening. Early color is not unusual, but Indian Rhubarb showing in Plumas County (4,500′), Chinese Pistache showing in El Dorado County (800′), Fremont Cottonwood coloring up in Folsom wetlands (Sacramento County) and Quaking Aspen showing in Inyo County (5,000′) at the same time? That’s unusual. Last winter was unusually dry. A dry […]
Color spotter Richard McCutcheon sends this lovely spot of color seen yesterday in Butt Creek (Plumas County) and reports, “Could not believe it on Aug 1st, Indian Ruhbarb turned on Butt Creek.” 0 — 15% — Plumas County — Earning honors for the first report of autumn (at the beginning of August), Richard McCutcheon reports […]
On the final day of autumn, we remember some of the fabulous photographs provided to us by California Fall Color spotters in 2012, and express our thanks to all who contributed to or carried our reports. Special thanks to Inyo County, Mono County, Mammoth Lakes Tourism, Redding Convention & Visitors Bureau, Shasta Cascade Wonderland Association […]
Frank McDonough of the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden sends these shots taken today. With a week of autumn still remaining, the color is still intense at the LA County Arboretum, which remains a refuge of serenity separated from the pell-mell pace of holiday shopping. To sense the inward peace of this season, head […]
Color spotter Richard McCutcheon sends a link showing how this past week’s series of storms stripped Plumas County’s Indian Valley of color and flooded fields and roads. A phenomenon called an “atmospheric river” carried three tropical storms from Hawaii to California, deluging the north state. McCutcheon reports his area was without power for nearly 39 […]
With a succession of three winter storms lashing Northern California today, it seems appropriate to blog about winter color, though as soon as the storms pass, there’ll still be a few weeks more of fall color to report. Each winter, one of California’s most distinctive and colorful shows of foliage is seen at the San […]
A lot changes in a day, as seen in these photos (left) taken of a redbud tree in El Dorado Hills that was denuded in a day. High winds and rain have knocked color from trees (above), carpeting Northern California with wet color. On Tuesday, we traveled up CA-99 to Chico, stopping at Chaffin Family […]
On Thanksgiving Day, we give thanks to the over 50 color spotters and photographers who provided reports on California’s Fall Color this autumn. The following individuals contributed reports and photographs to this blog this year: Rob Bohning, Nicholas Barnhart, Kimberly Kofala, Portia Soderberg, K Ashwini, Richard McCutcheon, Heather Heinz, Diana Wroblewski, Krisdina Karady, Jared Smith, […]
California sycamore, platanus racemosa, a native tree common in California’s foothills and along the Central Coast, has been the subject of artist paintbrushes, through the years, for their multiple and scabrous cream to grey trunks and gracefully twisted branches laden with deeply lobed leaves which vary in color from chartreuse to orange-red. In early autumn […]
Across California, this weekend, fall color glowed between spurts of rainfall. The cloud cover intensified the color, which was particularly glorious among the urban forests of the Central Valley and Sierra foothills. Today, on “Farmer Fred” — a weekly gardening program on Sacramento’s KSTE-650 radio station — Dr. Warren G. Roberts, longtime superintendent of the […]