Fall Colors

This was an especially gorgeous fall. The combination of reasonable moisture and moderate temperatures meant that the trees achieved their maximum color and it lasted a long time. My street, lined with sugar maples, was beautiful. My annuals and summer blubs didn't die until the end of October, a couple weeks after typical frost here in Madison.

I planted a new kind of bulb in our terrace this fall - Colchicum cilicicum, sometimes called (inaccurately) 'Fall crocus.' I planted them in September and within a few weeks they were blooming. It's pretty cool to see this pink, crocus-type plant in fall. Unexpected.