The Fall colors seem a bit muted this year probably due to the nasty drought and perhaps less daily temperature change than usual. I'm always fooled by how late the change comes to B'game as I was last year when the Japanese maple was the star of the show.
Not being a tree expert, just a regular treehugger, I don't know what this year's selection is, but it has cool "berries". Located near the corner of Occidental and Ralston Ave. It might not even qualify as a tree, but rather a shrub? If you know, tell us.
Possibly a pyracantha?
Posted by: HMB | November 04, 2021 at 08:13 PM
Yes most definitely pyracantha bush. I used to watch hummingbird birds eat the fermented berries on the bush in my parents’ yard and fly drunken loops
Posted by: Christopher Cooke | November 05, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Blackbirds get dizzy on them too.
Warning: Don’t park near the pyracantha bushes, the bird droppings are caustic!
Posted by: Peter Garrison | November 05, 2021 at 08:11 AM
Indeed, the birds get loopy on the fermented berries and the juice must do something to their gut -- I forgot about the messy droppings! They will definitely do a number on your car and what a mess on the sidewalk!
Posted by: HMB | November 06, 2021 at 04:01 PM
This is a shrub/bush. Not a tree. Very pretty though.
Posted by: [email protected] | November 06, 2021 at 04:24 PM