Not Completely Green

This is one of the newest additions to our yard, the Florida Flame maple tree. Now, when I say "new," I don't mean that we just planted it. It has had a bit of time to get established. We planted it two winters ago now, which is not very long for a tree.

It is not completely green...neither in color or age. I had hope that it would turn completely red, and stay that way for a while so that we might enjoy some difference of color for the Fall weeks. However, with some extraordinarily warm Fall weather, the leaves did not turn until about two weeks ago. Now, the leaves are steadily falling off of the tree, in preparation for the coming Winter. I do thoroughly enjoy the beauty that this tree brings to our yard.