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Fraxinus americana (white ash) fall color

Toronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis

11 years ago

yes there are still a couple of these remaining in my yard and one in my neighbor's. When EAB gets them it gets them, I have cut down too many large trees already. Until then here are some fall color shots. Everything from yellow to red to purple.

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jqpublic
11 years ago
EAB isn't here yet so I'm hoping my white ash will show colors like that in the third photo. It quadrupled in size from 2 ft to over 8 in its first year in the ground. Here's to hoping!?!?
akamainegrower
11 years ago
If the expense and effort are not too much, ash death from EAB doesn't have to be inevitable. A soil drench based on imidalcoprid - there are several brands - does work and is recommended by many state agencies. Relatives in PA have kept their huge ash trees EAB free for several years while nearby unprotected ones have succumbed.
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Thanks everyone for the heads up! I am aware of EAB, but thought I may test my luck with ashes, as they aren't as common here as other trees. I'd say 85% of the trees here are pines, oaks, maples, tulip poplars, hickories, and sweet gums. The other 10% are everything else, including ash. I planted one white ash in my backyard and one blue ash in my back yard. In 2 years the white ash has gone from 2' to 10'. That thing grows like crazy! The blue ash has been slower, only recently putting on growth in feet rather than inches....6' in 5 years. Also, the natural range of EAB in Asia seems to be in more northern climes, so I'm holding out hope that it won't come this far south due to the comparable rarity of ash trees down here. I would understand if it EAB made it into the NC mountains though, as they average zone 5-6ish weather out there.
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I say nothing ventured, nothing gained....ONLY if the tree isn't very common in your area to begin with. I just wouldn't spend a lot of money if you do decide to try a white ash. They certainly can be spectacular in the fall. There was no mistaking the white ash I drive by on the way to work this last October. They had such a lasting deep, wine red-purple color - very different from all the other trees in the county. Thanks for posting that MN DNR link, tsugajunkie. I had not seen that article. And the 98% kill rate at -30F likely explains EAB's slowed assault on the northern half of Minnesota. I was down near Rochester, MN recently and all the dead ash trees were a pretty sickening sight. I'm actually shocked I haven't seen it in my area yet. I do know that many Twin Cities' suburbs did a preemptive strike of removing ash trees from the boulevards before the bug arrived here. Bill - I believe I've seen native white ash as far north as Mille Lacs Lake. Is it possible you are seeing drought damage on the ash in your area? Black ash has also been in decline many decades: https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_wo079/gtr_wo079_115.pdf
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
i think the one i had with that coloration was 'autumn purple'

all are dead and gone due to EAB ...

it was reasonable to apply the bayer tree goo .. until the trees got near 5 inches.. and it was going on $100 per tree .. and at that price.. annually.. i have other things to do with my money.. like buying a tree to replace it that isnt prone.. lol

ken
ghostlyvision
11 years ago
Very pretty Toronado, thanks for the eye candy.
famartin
11 years ago
I miss trees.
wisconsitom
11 years ago
I'm hating thinking of all the native wild ash going. I agree, saving a few specimen trees is viable. But I'm talking all the forest trees, especially the white ash. In the fall color palette, there's no other like them.

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ginkgonut
11 years ago
Maroon and gold. A lot on the Twin Citites U of MN campus, always a highlight of fall. It will be sad if EAB takes them all out. We already have it in Saint Paul.
wisconsitom
11 years ago
Yeah, EAB is around. Yet far from complete in its destruction of the genus Fraxinus. I drove through the Kettle Moraine State Forest twice last weekend. Nearly full-blown fall color in those hills. The white ash are the perfect foil and compliment to the oranges, reds, and yellows of all the other stuff. I care about yard trees and urban street trees a lot. But it's those wild populations that it would most hurt to lose. We already lack what was a common sight when I was a kid.....the big golden mushrooms that were the American elms in the fall. One wonders what's next.

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whaas_5a
11 years ago
Tom, you're telling me. Thats part of my backyard.

The Ash rival the sugar maple believe it not and they are everywhere!

Its been a real treat going home from work these past couple weeks.
wisconsitom
11 years ago
Yeah, I know Whaas. Simply outstanding countryside. I'm really glad my son bought that place in Cedarburg. Gives us a good excuse to take the back ways from A-Town. Not to mention, he's got 13 acres to play with there.

OT, but I was surprised and delighted to find in his woods a number of really huge old paper birches. Still alive too. I know this species follows Lake Michigan right around the bottom end there but still somewhat surprising to see these big old things. My woods, about 160 miles north of there is full of paper birch. But down there, quite a bit rarer.

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