Timely Trees: Denver’s Fall Foliage
With the stunning fall foliage brightening up our landscape, let’s delve deeper into the trees that form these delightful colors. Instead of one ‘Tree of the Month’, we thought ashes, aspens, and maples deserve a massive shoutout for decorating Colorado in autumn brightness. Despite it still feeling like summer during the days, the colder nights are bringing about that beautiful change in color to these trees. Did you know? Leaves are green because of their chlorophyll production. Once the nights get colder, the trees stop producing as much chlorophyll as they begin to go into dormancy. Another fun fact about the leaves changing colors is that depending on the altitude, they’ll change color at different times during the season. For instance, if you’ve already made a trip through the Rockies, you’ve seen that many aspens have already turned that vibrant yellow. Meanwhile, the ash trees in the Metro Area are just now turning red and orange, and some maples are still...