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re: Leaves staying on the trees longer
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:24 am to Allthatfades
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:24 am to Allthatfades
My live oaks don’t start dumping their leaves until February or March usually
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Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:25 am to Allthatfades
The live oak near me dropped leaves in February and march last year.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:30 am to Allthatfades
We see tbat every year in our elms. Then suddenly some time in January, poof they drop.
Our sugar maples had almost no color this fall probably because of exception dry weather late September through three weeks of October. They hadn't even dropped their polynoses by then.
The good side of drought: it knocks the heck out of Japanese Beetle populations because they can't burrow in or out of solid red clays here. Also June Bug and cicada pops which have not recovered from a dry summer thirteen years ago
Our sugar maples had almost no color this fall probably because of exception dry weather late September through three weeks of October. They hadn't even dropped their polynoses by then.
The good side of drought: it knocks the heck out of Japanese Beetle populations because they can't burrow in or out of solid red clays here. Also June Bug and cicada pops which have not recovered from a dry summer thirteen years ago
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:31 am to Lexis Dad
First hard freeze in Alabama was just last week.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 10:31 am to Allthatfades
The water oak behind me in my neighbor’s back yard won’t lose all its leaves until the end of January. And they’ll be new buds on it by the 2nd wk of Feb. Didn’t pay much attention to it until we put a pool in 3yrs ago. But last wk’s freeze and wind did a number on it.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:12 am to Allthatfades
Obviously due to climate change. Probably triggered by the tax cuts that were passed in 2025. We should raise taxes, it’s the only way to heal the climate.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 11:48 am to Allthatfades
Not sure about staying on the trees longer but to me this is one of the most colorful fall foliage displays in years in the Cenla area.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 12:28 pm to Allthatfades
We had a wet summer and temps never got scorching hot. Trees are healthy and can withstand more this year. Hard freeze last year toughened them up!
Posted on 12/20/25 at 1:09 pm to Allthatfades
Happened last year too. The snow finally got them.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 1:23 pm to Allthatfades
There was a study done on trees forced to postpone dormancy, IIRC they grew about 18-20 months then had a 100% fatality rate. It's part of why your traditional northeastern forest trees don't grow south of the Orlando/Tampa area, where it's a true tropical climate.
Climate change is not the debate for me lol but I could see a warmer climate eventually causing the gulf coastal plant species to change in part because of the above
Climate change is not the debate for me lol but I could see a warmer climate eventually causing the gulf coastal plant species to change in part because of the above
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 12/20/25 at 1:27 pm to Allthatfades
Most oaks lose their leaves in the spring when they have new growth.
There was a line in JFK where they talked about how oak trees in Dallas lose their leaves in the March compared to the November adding to the difficulty of Oswald’s shots.
I know this is true because for years I had a live oak in my yard and it was green nearly year round. I also work by a church that has 100 year old oaks.
They only thin out in the waning days of winter and as it starts growing the pollen pods and sending out new growth.
There is one broadleaf tree variety in South Louisiana that will start changing colors in August or September. Way before any other trees loose their leaves.
Now for Hurricane Ida every tree I knew was nearly stripped bare and instead of having 6 inches of snow on the ground there was 6 inches of leaves and branches.
There was a line in JFK where they talked about how oak trees in Dallas lose their leaves in the March compared to the November adding to the difficulty of Oswald’s shots.
I know this is true because for years I had a live oak in my yard and it was green nearly year round. I also work by a church that has 100 year old oaks.
They only thin out in the waning days of winter and as it starts growing the pollen pods and sending out new growth.
There is one broadleaf tree variety in South Louisiana that will start changing colors in August or September. Way before any other trees loose their leaves.
Now for Hurricane Ida every tree I knew was nearly stripped bare and instead of having 6 inches of snow on the ground there was 6 inches of leaves and branches.
This post was edited on 12/20/25 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 12/20/25 at 1:39 pm to Allthatfades
I know, these pine trees seem to be green year round now.
Posted on 12/20/25 at 1:48 pm to Lexis Dad
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Posted on 12/20/25 at 2:09 pm to Allthatfades
You’re right, a few years back I had that dreaded 3 hour date with the zero turn mulching leaves in early November, then it was closer to Thanksgiving, last year it was around this time in December and this year it hasn’t happened yet, so I went out and bought my wife a new zero turn
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