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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.

Occidental tree_shrub

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5 responses to “Fall Treehugger Post: Unusual Selection”

  1. HMB

    Possibly a pyracantha?

  2. Christopher Cooke

    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

  3. Peter Garrison

    Blackbirds get dizzy on them too.
    Warning: Don’t park near the pyracantha bushes, the bird droppings are caustic!

  4. HMB

    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!

  5. This is a shrub/bush. Not a tree. Very pretty though.

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