Torch Tree

My neighbor's maple tree in Langley, still holding on to its flame-red leaves, is a destination, maybe almost a pilgrimage, this time of year. I shot a photo of this statuesque beauty and sent it off to tree guru Arthur Lee Jacobson for identification. The leaves are large and deeply lobed, the tree has a pyramidal shape, and I have to admit it's not particularly noticeable until late October when it's fabulously warm and bright autumn color is a magnet.

Jacobson tells me it's the appropriately named scarlet maple, or Acer rubrum. His wonderful guidebook Trees of Seattle, which I refer to at least once a week and probably more often, says it's a good large shade tree and tolerates moist, even swampy, soil. If you're up for a tree expedition, check out the cultivar 'Red Sunset' used as a street tree along Fremont Ave. N from N. 34th to N. 50th streets, or a big old specimen east of the wading pool in Volunteer Park.

Or drive along Park Avenue in Langley and soak up the glow still emanating from this torch of a tree...for a few days longer, anyway....

Comments

[Canada Drugs]

The leaves are large and deeply lobed, the tree has a pyramidal shape, and I have to admit it's not particularly noticeable until late.

[elderly parents]

I like this picture tree color, I really glad to knew this tree guru Arthur Lee Jacobson for identification,thanks for that.