autumn coloured leaves

cena

Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leaves says like in the states during the autumn.?

Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leaves

pharmaton

what part of Ireland do you live in?

Mr Benevolent

Try going somewhere with trees to start with. We have plenty of autumnal leaves around my way.

The Backwards Man

My gutters say otherwise.

Pai Mei

Leafs.




















Seriously??

o1s1n

My folks have a maple tree in the front garden. The leaves are lovely - until they all fall off come winter and the garden is a giant sea of red, leafy decay.

cena

I've been in the local forest and there is no sign to of the leaves changing colour.

I have seen some while driving around but not much.

SEPT 23 1989

Are the leaves bigger in America?

o1s1n

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Are the leaves bigger in America?

Everything is bigger in America.

cena

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Are the leaves bigger in America?

I'm not sure.

cena

o1s1n wrote: »

Everything is bigger in America.

I was going say that but you beat me too it

pharmaton

cena wrote: »

I've been in the local forest and there is no sign to of the leafs changing colour.

I have seen some while driving around but not much.

most forest in Ireland are coniferous pine, parklands will have older more native trees. I'm surrounded by parkland on all sides and I have to wade through crunchy leaves daily during Autumn. (I also have an Ash a Maple and a Birch in my own garden)

Zombienosh

Leaves*

krudler

Loads of nice orange leaves around here in the coming weeks, its still early for them to be changing

The Backwards Man

Zombienosh wrote: »

Leaves*

Bye

cena

I was thinking thst is why. Petty they don't plant trees like maple and red oak etc

I see the different leaves colours on tree that are on the side of roads.

Chucken

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My gutters say otherwise.

Weren't you told to stop listening to random parts of your house?

SEPT 23 1989

cena wrote: »

I'm not sure.

you need to be sure of everything before you start slagging off our leaves

pharmaton

cena wrote: »

I was thinking thst is why. Petty they don't plant trees like maple and red oak etc

I see the different leaf colours on tree that are on the side of roads.

yeah it's ironic, despite it's reputation for being green, Ireland is one of the most deforested countries in Europe.

Stereomaniac

Good luck.

anncoates

cena wrote: »

Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leafs says like in the states during the autumn.?

Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leafs

The leaves have a high lipid diet over there.

Knine

cena wrote: »

Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leafs says like in the states during the autumn.?

Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leafs

Nrr
J

The Backwards Man

Chucken wrote: »

Weren't you told to stop listening to random parts of your house?

Yeah, but then the fridge told me not to listen to cranks on the web.

Chucken

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yeah, but then the fridge told me not to listen to cranks on the web.

Well, this crank is off now to plant 120 Maple saplings...so

Honey-ec

pharmaton wrote: »

yeah it's ironic, despite it's reputation for being green, Ireland is one of the most deforested countries in Europe.

I think you'll find that generally refers to the amount of land still under pasture, nothing to do with tree cover.

Tope

Yeah, the autumn colours are far more dramatic in the US, people go out of their way to see the beautiful colours in New England and thereabouts.
I read something about this before, can't remember the full details but it's to do with the weather.

Their seasons are far more clear-cut over there - you get a solid few months of hot summer weather, then a quick drop in temperature for a few months for autumn, which then becomes a proper freezing cold winter, etc.

This affects how the trees react; they all withdraw their chlorophyll levels (what gives leaves their green colour) at the same time, giving that stunning autumn foliage.

Meanwhile our trees kind of dawdle along, with different trees changing colours at different times, as our climate is so temperate and changeable. So we get nice colours too but nowhere near the same as in America.

sheesh

Killarney National park is good for this during autumn has not started yet though. As long as we do not get high winds and rain when the start going brown they tend to stick around.

JohnMearsheimer

Autumn is my favourite time of year. I spent few weeks in New England in October 2011. Lovely little towns, picket fences, hot drinks and great autumn colours.

My Lonely Planet guide said there were hotlines people could call to find out where the best foliage was. A bit extreme!

We do get nice autumn colours in Ireland as well but it's a bit early yet.

cena

Chucken wrote: »

Well, this crank is off now to plant 120 Maple saplings...so

Can I have one of them maple sapling

cena

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

Autumn is my favourite time of year. I spent few weeks in New England in October 2011. Lovely little towns, picket fences, hot drinks and great autumn colours.

My Lonely Planet guide said there were hotlines people could call to find out where the best foliage was. A bit extreme!

We do get nice autumn colours in Ireland as well but it's a bit early yet.

It is very big over there for people to travel just to see the leaves change colour

Chucken

cena wrote: »

Can I have one of them maple sapling

I've posted them before and they survived, I dont see why not

DEFTLEFTHAND

Up State New York will be nice in another month or so now with the changing leaves. Still though I wouldn't fancy the rough winters they tend to get.

cena

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Up State New York will be nice in another month or so now with the changing leaves. Still though I wouldn't fancy the rough winters they tend to get.

When I was there last year going up state on the train and colours where just out of the world

Honey-ec

This is about the fifth thread of the OP's where I genuinely can't figure out if he's just ridiculously literal, or the greatest troll in the history of Boards.

JustAddWater

Pai Mei wrote: »

Leafs.
Seriously??

Ah here! Leaf it oooooou!

Driveby Dogboy

cena

Honey-ec wrote: »

This is about the fifth thread of the OP's where I genuinely can't figure out if he's just ridiculously literal, or the greatest troll in the history of Boards.

Not a troll at all. If you don't understand my threads. Do not read them so.

CruelCoin

cena wrote: »

Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leafs says like in the states during the autumn.?

Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leafs

Leaves

Go to the forest. Full of it

BeerWolf

I fecking hate autumn...

People that say they love it because of the colours of the leaves, or whatever, you SURE AS HELL know they NEVER pick them up every year - from the lawn, gutters, flower beds, roads, etc.

Ghost Buster

BeerWolf wrote: »

I fecking hate autumn...

People that say they love it because of the colours of the leaves, or whatever, you SURE AS HELL know they NEVER sweep them up every year.

And they get carried in on peoples shoes!!!:eek:

WoollyRedHat

You're barking up the wrong tree. Don't be the fall guy.

BeerWolf

Ghost Buster wrote: »

And they get carried in on peoples shoes!!!:eek:

Not really... :pac:

WoollyRedHat

And everyone knows the best part of Autumn is the smell.. that smell of peat... or is it burning? I could never tell.

paddy147

cena wrote: »

Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leaves says like in the states during the autumn.?

Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leaves

Collect up the fallen and falling leaves and make fantastic leaf mold from them.:D

Aglomerado

cena wrote: »

Why in ireland do we not get nice coloured leaves says like in the states during the autumn.?

Its the best Part of autumn,, along with walking on well dried leaves

Doneraile Park, late September, plenty of red and gold!

Chucken

Aglomerado wrote: »

Doneraile Park, late September, plenty of red and gold!

Could be Blue and Gold after Sunday

Aglomerado

Chucken wrote: »

Could be Blue and Gold after Sunday

Ha ha! C'mon the Banner!

Tilden Katz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057031062/autumn-coloured-leaves

Some years, Ireland does get very colourful leaves. It depends on different factors, how early the leaves get blown off the trees, the type of weather we have that autumn ie. sometimes a lot of stormy weather can burn the leaves and make them dull rather than vibrant. But I feel sad for you if you’ve never experienced an autumn with beautiful foliage in Ireland.

Quantum Erasure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhZULM69DIw

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