Japanese maple (momiji)

[chamekke]

Comments

[hambelandjemima]

That's gorgeous. Is it that colour all the year round, or just Autumn time?

[chamekke]

Their natural colour is the bright green of the leaves seen at top. (Japanese maples change colour in late autumn, much later than North American maples - usually in the latter half of November, or even December.)

[draycevixen]

What a beautiful tree. :D

[chamekke]

It is, isn't it?

I took this photo in a Japanese garden in Seattle, but of course the trees are just as lovely back home in Japan ;-) It's their graceful shape that draws me to them, as much as their autumn colour.

[basaltgrrl]

SO pretty. I do appreciate fall for the sense of cycles progressing, the death and rebirth thing. Not so excited about the cold and dark season, though.