What’s Going On?

These are the leaves of our mystery tree. With another week of July still to go, they are already sporting autumnal colours!!

[KV]

Pretty array of color.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Oh ! dear !! so early - but no wonder after the drought and extreme heat - may it rest and recover for next year !!

[Susan Wakely]

Oh dear dried and scorched.

[Phil Sandford]

The whole garden looks tired. The maples are shedding leaves as if it is Autumn already.

[moni kozi]

It looks like a pear tree to me, by the leaves and the colours. Too early, true.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

shedding leaves is how trees try to survive drought, less leaf to pump water to - this one does look sad

[Lesley]

The one at the end of our garden has done the same. I think they struggled with that blast of heat.

[Peter Dulis]

lovely light

[Boxplayer]

Maybe the excess heat?

[Lou Ann]

Lovely colors. But turning for fall? Oh my.

[Jacqueline]

Lovely colours, the heat wasn’t kind to the plants this year!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Lovely shot

[Esther Rosenberg]

The orange color does give it a fall look.

[Babs]

Maybe the were scorched during your hot weather.

[LManning (Laura)]

I think it’s the heat. Many of ours here are in the same boat, sadly.

[Shutterbug]

PlantNet says it could be Cotoneaster or chokeberry. It does look like a beautiful fall photo.

[Diana]

although much too early, I like the colours here.

[tony gig]

Needs a good Watering Carole,

[Cherrill]

Tell me about it!! All the work we put into our gardens....I feel really sad to see some of our plants just withering away but we can't water everything. Had a little rain last night but nothing to soak the soil.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely colours

[mittens (Marilyn)]

They must not know it is still July. LOL Great capture.

[bkb in the city]

Mother Nature is confused

[Judith Johnson]

Probably just too dry. I'm having to water our newly planted tree at church at least twice a week as the leaves are starting to turn brown

[Nina Ganci]

lovely colours
its going to be a cold and wet winter.