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Back in Adelaide I loved autumn, I lived in the Barossa Valley for a little while ... the rolling hills turned into a amazing blaze of colour as the grape vines changed colour, real spectacular, nothing like that here, nothing.
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It is hard to replicate the dramatic autumn colours that occur in cooler climates and I really miss those leaf colours myself, as a 12/13yr old used to rake up the purple beech leaves every autumn with my dog loved it really did!
But you know we could have more colours like that if only we would plant native or endemic tree species that provide such colours.
Just run these ones throught your head...they may be a little tropical orientated, but remember I live in the
dry tropics.... Millettia pinnata(beautiful bronze and copper new growth over the whole tree in autumn) Terminalia seriocarpa (vibrant lime green new growth over the whole tree stands out for kms in the bush!) Terminalia cattapa/arenicola/muelleri (all three have yellows/reds/burgandy colours before the leaf drop..entire tree)