Our brightest fall color comes from Sumac. Little trees come up along fence rows and hedges.
This one came up at the end of a pile of pole cuts that I use to form little fences and such in the garden.
My intent was to go to the field and make pics before peanuts were gone. I was distracted by fall color on the way. Peanuts are plowed up, on the ground and drying in the field until ready to combine.
Back near the house, I found something interesting where I planted a rooted Aucuba years back. It finally took a notion to grow about the time a little bird-planted Sassafras grove came up around it.
Sassafras mittens turning yellow form a contrast to gold-dusted Aucuba and ferns.
Farther into the garden, Crape Myrtles are a blaze of color reaching for the sky.
Redbud trees turned yellow; they will quickly shed their leaves. Oak leaves turn brown and will fall from now to well after Christmas.
Here's a peek at the nest full of seeds on the Cycad. Last time it had seeds, I picked some, soaked,
cleaned and planted them to replace the one from the time before that the squirrel ate when it reached some size and I put it outside. There are two seedlings now that will stay in the greenhouse this winter. I haven't decided whether I need to grow more. It amuses me to see them sprout.
He-Who-Mows ran over one of my small cycad pups. I discovered more pups of large size underneath this big cycad. I don't know if I can cut them back and hack them out. Maybe I could ship them to the Danger Gardenette. Those ferny-looking fronds are HARD and sharp and vicious.
Squirrels are everywhere, storing pecans and acorns. Acorns are abundant this year -- does that mean a hard winter?
A different color on Crape Myrtle.
Crape Myrtle in the back yard is still blooming bright pink blooms in the top along with a few pink Knockouts nearer the ground. Acid yellow-green in the right background is the color that pecan trees turn before they drop their leaves.