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White Ash

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I love the transformation of the white ash trees. During the summer they are usually a very pretty pea green, but once autumn takes hold, their leaves begin to turn red.

White ash tree at the beginning of its annual metamorphosis. They are one of the first trees to change.
It’s the beginning of October and many of the ash leaves have a reddish-purple tinge.
Once the leaves turn an orangey-red, they continue their transition to yellow. As expected, some leaves are both red and yellow at the same time.
Other leaves, especially those toward the tree’s trunk, skip the red phase and immediately turn yellow.
Red on the outside; yellow on the inside. I’ve noticed that some trees do this much more than others.
Pretty yellow against a blue sky.

Given how lovely these trees are throughout the year, I find their name quite plain. It apparently comes from the light green – or ash-like – appearance of the leaves’ underside.

Happy Saturday.

26 thoughts on “White Ash”

  3. That is what you call “aging gracefully”. Such pretty colours during the process. The green ash trees in our area are last to grow leaves and fist to lose them, but not this year. A strange season overall. Happy Saturday Lynette. Allan

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    1. Thanks, Allan. They sure do. I haven’t spotted any green ash trees around but I’m sure they’re here somewhere. They turn such a beautiful yellow. I had one in my back yard in Medicine Hat and yes, it always lost its leaves very early and very fast. Agreed, we have had a strange season. Cheers.

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  4. Dear Lynette
    What a remarkable transformation. Thank you for documenting that change so well.
    Wishing you a wonderful autumn
    The Fab Four of Cley
    🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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    1. I looked at my pictures of these trees from last year, and the colours were much more defined with red leaves on the outside and yellow on the inside; really noticeable when the wind was blowing. This year the colour changes are definitely less noticeable but still there. Let me know what your white ash trees look like. Cheers. 😊

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    1. Thank you very much and to you, too. 🍂 It should be called the yellow vermilion tree or something like that. It also has such a lovely shape. Seems a shame that its name is so plain. Cheers.

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    1. The red maples are beautiful, too, and there are quite a few Japanese maples around that also turn bright red. It’s interesting that the white ash trees growing in Alberta only turn yellow. There must be soil differences causing this. Cheers.

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