How about a little fall here? This is a local arboretum in Wayne, NJ. The beauty of Laurelwood is I can walk my dog there.
These pictures are a month old. In real time, only the latest turners are still doing their thing here like itea.
First a few maples.
The first two are opposite sides of the same tree. Still maples.
Hey, I can't edit out the last photo - sorry
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Ginko Biloba
Last two are from a nice sized Katsura.
1. Norway Spruce
2. Japanese White Pine
3. Barely making it shrub. I have this or similar at home. Don't know the name anymore. There is one healthy one at a neighbors. Some day I'll photo it. - Juniperus x pfitzeriana (thanks Resin)
4. Cryptomeria
5. Group shot
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Enkianthus
Seven Sons
Skimmia
Fall blooming azalea - sparse but blooming.
Harlequin Glorybower
A sparsely blooming witch hazel. Still nice to happen upon and it smelled nice. I guess it had to be Hamamelis virginiana.
I can't help loving Burning Bush even though it's a no no. That didn't come out good.
I don't know which is my favorite Pieris, this or Dorothy Wyckoff.
Group shot.
Group shot with Bald Cypress in the middle.
3 of Ilex opaca 'Canary'
A group of plane old red I. opacas. Didn't read the tag. I love them but I don't like the spiney leaves all over the ground and neither does my dog.
A fence of branches.
Hope you enjoyed your visit!
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Thanks for the show, Loretta. Looks like a beautiful place - especially nice to have it close at hand.
It is. The fact that it's close and the dog is welcome makes it really valuable as a public space. I have to walk the dog every day so walking through the Laurelwood doesn't feel so self indulgent.
Very nice! I enjoyed your photo tour.
1. Norway Spruce
2. Chinese White Pine
3. Barely making it shrub. I have this or similar at home. Don't know the name anymore. There is one healthy one at a neighbors. Some day I'll photo it.
4. I guess I didn't get the long view of the weeping chamaecyparis but it is a nice deep bright green for fall contrast.
5. Group shot
The group shot in your set of pictures with the witch hazel is beyond belief. If I lived nearby I'd be there every day. I can't believe how beautiful it is. Thanks for sharing.
Resin, I realized I posted the cryptomeria after the fact and not the cedars and meant to come back and change it but then I forgot to. They do have a couple of decent cedars but I didn't photo them. As for the pine, I misread it. They had the right label. Thanks for the juniper name.
Momlady, I'll let them know you said so if I ever attend a meeting (I joined during their plant sale).
