autumn

Autumn always seems to arrive bringing a sense of astonishment. Can we really be near the end of the year already?

Even though Southern California is known to be perpetually sunny, there really are distinct seasons. Just ask any gardener.

And that's the glory of deciduous trees, like this magnificant dawn redwood at Bressingham Gardens north of London. While

our evergreens, like citrus, are often subtle in how they mark the seasons, the deciduous trees give every season all they've got.