Suggestions for trees with leaves that will change color in early fall
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Ginkgo biloba... leaves turn brown and fall early
Comments (7)It was sold as a grafted cultivar 'Fairmont'. It's not like it's dying, it's just rather unattractive and disappointing, doubt it will have much yellow color this year in October, three years in a row. What could be wrong if this is unusual, it has grown well. I keep a rational layer of mulch, and water during some hot days in Summer, so it is somewhat pampered. Gets full sun. The summer was mild this year. But the street tree Gingkos the city planted in the High St sidewalk 3 feet from the curb have no brown leaves and most will color up nicely, so I wonder what is wrong. Is it the cultivar? I may have adopted a tree, but it is just a grafted clone... I can always plant a different clone....See MoreOak tree dropping leaves early?
Comments (11)Yes...it WILL leaf out normally. That's what bacteria leaf scorch does. And gets worse each year. It was bad last year...worse this year...and will be worse yet next year. "The first noticeable symptom is premature browning of leaves in mid-summer. Symptoms worsen throughout late summer and fall. Leaf margins turn brown, beginning with the older leaves and moving outward, spreading to leaves toward the branch tip. In most, but not all infected trees, browned, dead areas of the leaf are separated from green tissue by a narrow yellow border. The browned leaves may drop from the tree. Infected trees leaf-out normally the following year, with leaves on a few more branches turning prematurely brown in late summer. Symptoms become progressively worse over a period of 3 to 8 years, until the entire tree turns brown prematurely. The lack of green, chlorophyll producing leaves year after year leads to twig, branch, and limb death due to continual defoliation."...See MoreIf a tree is dying in the summer will all the leaves fall off the tree
Comments (2)The leaves on a tree that dies in the summer will often just turn brown and hang there. If the leaves are falling, the tree is still active metabolically. Leaf senescence is still driven by a plant's metabolic processes. Doesn't mean the tree won't die at some point...just that it's not dead yet....See Moreearly leaf color change for newly planted Japanese maple in PNW
Comments (3)I would consider that normal, yes :-) Young JM's, and most especially those that are newly planted, will often go through some color changes. And even some early leaf drop. But keep it well hydrated (not soaked) and it should replace whatever is lost. I recently purchased an 'Enkan' and much of the growth is greening out. And all new growth is coming in green rather than red. But it is in less sun than it was at the nursery :-) Your new tree may be in more sun than it is used to, hence some early coloring....See MoreMiz_G
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