Dawn Redwood - Orange Needles in Fall - November 2024
The Fall Colors series of posts continues today with a look at the Dawn Redwood tree in our backyard. Yesterday, I posted a look at the red foliage on some of the Oakleaf Hydrangeas in our backyard and talked about how I don't have a ton of 'red' Fall colors . Earlier, I posted a look at the contrast between the small Saragoga Ginkgo tree and Little Henry Sweetspire by our front stairs . And before that, I posted a photo of the Butterscotch Amsonia in our 'kitchen curved' bed that was as bright as it has EVER been in the Fall. This post shows (at the top) a photo of the orange needles on our Dawn Redwood tree. This tree went in the ground in 2018 as a three-to-four-foot-tall container-grown tree . It has grown up and sprawled out. I'd call this a more 'informal' shape right now. The leader is leaning over and not shooting up very fast. This tree has given this small little orange 'show' each Fall - and I've tried to document it o