Fall leaves starting

 

Around Albuquerque the leaves are turning, like this Prunus bessyi (above). There are also the ash trees in burgundy and orange (‘Raywood’) and yellows, the Chinese pistache, the Boston Ivy. I don’t have ash or pistache or the ivy though. I didn’t think that I had much for autumn leaves, but looking around, I have aspen, the Shangtung maple and desert olive which are starting. The ‘Juliet’ cherry is producing a kaleidoscope of colors. 

My own Sand cherry (Prunus bessyi) ‘Pawnee Buttes’ is turning rusty orange-red. I like the combination with seafoam sage (Artemesia versicolor) which contrasts in both color and leaf form, but similar low habit. I will have to take more pictures when I have time.