In front of our house is a large silver maple. I presume it was planted in the 1960s after the elm that had been there succumbed to Dutch elm disease which would make it in the vicinity of 60 years old. The silver maple and both Japanese garden maples (neither typical) we have planted in our front yard still have most of their leaves.
They say that over the weekend a big wind will come along and all of the leaves will fall off. That’s pretty typical for Chicago. We tend not to have beautiful, colorful falls like Wisconsin or New England. Basically, the leaves change color and a week or so later a big wind comes along and blows them all off.
Sounds like my work may be cut out for me this weekend.
Leaf colors are the best this year in a long time. We go driving every day and make it a point to use old country roads we haven’t traveled before. No wind storms so they are hanging on.
Steve