Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
It’s been raining gold from clear blue skies this past day or so, a soft cool breeze with periodic purposeful gusts helping to persuade the leaves from the trees. There was a butteriness to the yellow of the young maidenhair trees (Ginkgo biloba) at Hadlow College this week – not the rich yolky yellow you might associate with this, the oldest of trees (the same family of yellow pigments, xanthophylls, are responsible for the rich golden colour in both autumnal foliage and eggs). The process of leaf drop (abscission) is an interesting thing in different deciduous plants – and ginkgos are renowned for divesting themselves of all their foliage almost at once, usually after a frost. If a cold snap comes before the green chlorophyll in the leaves has had a chance to break down completely, the yellow colouring is less intense.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
