Late October in London is a study in colour theory. As chlorophyll retreats, hidden pigments burst through: butter and cadmium yellows, ember reds, saffron, and wine-dark purples drifting from canopy to crunching carpets underfoot. Beech woods near their apogee glow, while birch and hornbeam flare gold; wild service trees flash briefly. Look for sweetgums, tulip trees, rowans, and American oaks blazing; smoke trees and Japanese maples at Kew, Wisley, and Holland Park’s Kyoto Garden pour out fire-box reds. In Battersea Park’s winter garden, Persian ironwood leaves mosaic green, crimson, orange, and yellow on patchwork bark. Meanwhile planes parchment, larches gild, and Sassafras cycles from pink stems to citrus tones. Wind may hurry the show—see it before it slips to the ground.
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