
September to October: clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Photo: Adelino Manuel Pinhe… (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Autumn is the one thing a tree does that you can put a date on. A yew looks much the same in April as in November, but a ginkgo drops a whole crown of gold in about a fortnight, and if you miss the fortnight you wait a year. This page ranks every tree we map that is worth going to see for its colour, grouped by the month it turns, so the question it answers is which weekend rather than which tree. The weeks move with the weather and with how far north you are: a Copenhagen beech and a Naples one do not turn together, and a warm October can hold the leaves three weeks longer than the average. Most of them sit in October. Each tree's own page says what it actually does.

September to October: clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Photo: Adelino Manuel Pinhe… (CC BY-SA 3.0)

September to October: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
Photo: EnriqueSN (CC BY-SA 4.0)
September to October: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
September to October: clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
September to October: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.

Late September into early October, when every stem turns gold in the same week.

Late October into early November, when the whole crown goes gold.
October and November, when the leaves turn butter yellow and the fallen ones smell of burnt sugar.
October: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.

October, when a sugar maple this size turns the whole field orange.
Photo: Mac Armstrong (CC BY-SA 2.0)
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

Late October, when the Aizen Katsura turns pink and yellow in the Kitamuki Kannon grounds.
Photo: Kuruman (CC BY 2.0)

Late October, when the crown turns clear yellow over the quad.
Photo: Michael J. Papay (CC BY)
October to November: clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Late October into November, when the fan-shaped leaves turn gold.

Clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Photo: Paulo V. Araujo, Dias com Arvores
October, when the red oaks on the plain turn and hold their colour for weeks.
October and November, when the beech leaves turn copper before they fall.
Late October into November, when the ginkgo turns gold.

Late October into November, when the beech turns copper and russet.
Photo: Dr. Bernd Gross (CC BY-SA 3.0)
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October, when the purple turns copper.
Late October to November, when the copper leaves deepen before they fall.
October, when the old beeches turn copper against the dark spruce.

October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Photo: Aktron (CC BY 3.0)
October and November, when 37 metres of crown turns clear yellow.
Mid October, when the Koganeyu katsura turns pink and yellow and the fallen leaves smell of burnt sugar.

October, when the last standing half turns copper on an open hillside.
Photo: Lubor Ferenc (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Mid to late October, when the oak turns a rich red.
Late October, when the purple burns through to copper.

October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Photo: MartinVeselka (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late October into November, when the needles turn copper red.
October, when the red oak's leaves turn deep red.

October, when the leaves turn gold.
Photo: Tomek Siudak (CC BY-SA 4.0)

October, when it turns copper against the dark conifers.
Photo: Henk Monster (CC BY 3.0)

Late October into November, when the purple leaves turn copper.
Photo: Marianne Cornelissen-Kuyt (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late October, when the crown turns the deep red it is named for.
Late October into November, when the green crown turns copper beside the purple ones.
October, when the purple turns copper.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.

October to November: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
Photo: Line1 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Late October, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Photo: Dr. Bernd Gross (CC BY-SA 3.0)
October, when the coppery leaves turn yellow-orange before falling.
October, when the old red oak turns a rich red.
Late October into November, when it goes scarlet and holds it for weeks.
The whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October, when the beech turns copper and the pasture around it goes brown.
Late October, when the garden's Hungarian oak turns brown, russet and yellow.
Late October and November, when the hall of leaves under it turns copper before it comes down.

Late October to November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Photo: Rudolphous (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late October into November, when the purple leaves turn copper before they fall.

October to November: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
Photo: Polymagou (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
The whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

Late October and November, when a red oak's leaves turn scarlet.
Late October, when the larch turns gold and drops its needles.
October, when the red oak turns a rich red.

Late October, when the maple above the Seminary Garden pond turns golden yellow.
Photo: Limojoe (CC BY-SA 3.0)
October, when it goes properly red.
Late October, when the copper leaves colour before they fall.
Late October, when it turns scarlet.
Late October, when the oak on the Rubensstraat strip turns russet and yellow.
October, when the copper deepens toward black before the leaves drop.
Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn.
October, when it turns copper and the litter goes orange.
October, when the crown turns deep brick red.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October, when it turns burnt copper.
October, when the mossy acorns drop and the foliage turns.
October to November: the leaves turn from purple to copper before they fall.
Late October, when it goes scarlet.
Late October, when the maple by the Bartholomeibrug turns golden yellow.
October, when the hanging curtain turns copper.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

October, when its fan-shaped leaves turn brilliant yellow.
Photo: Ingar Sørensen
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October into November, when the crown turns copper and russet.

October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Photo: Tomáš Merta (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October, when the falling leaves turn apricot gold and smell of burnt sugar.
October, when the purple turns copper.
Late October, when the clinic's oak turns russet and yellow.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

Late October, when the copper leaves turn.
Photo: Martinus KE (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn and fall.
Late October, at full colour.
Late October into November, when the copper beech turns deep red-brown.
Late October into November, when the copper beech turns deep red-brown.
Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Late October into November, when the soft needles turn copper red.
October, when the purple leaves turn copper before they fall.

Late October into November, when it turns gold and drops the whole crown within a week.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund

October and November, when the leaves turn orange and rust.
Photo: Line1 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
October, when the finely cut leaves turn reddish-bronze and hold on through much of winter.
Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn and fall.
Late October to November, when the beech turns copper and russet.
October, when the purple turns copper.
Late October, when the purple leaves turn copper before they fall.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October to November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
October, when a hundred feet of crown turns clear yellow over Lovers Lane.
Late October, when the copper leaves come down onto the canal below it.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October, when the whole crown turns gold and drops within days.
Late October, when it goes scarlet weeks after the embankment limes have finished.
Late October into November, when the whole group turns copper in the same fortnight.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October, when the leaves turn yellow and apricot and smell of brown sugar.
Late October, when it goes scarlet.
Late October, when the oak in Park Zijpendaal turns russet and yellow.
October into November, when the canopy turns a deep, genuine scarlet.
Late October to November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Late October, when the falling curtain turns copper.
Late October, when the pair of oaks in Huijgenspark turns russet and yellow.
Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Late October and November, when the leaves turn deep red before they let go.

Late October into November, when it turns gold and drops the lot within days.
Photo: 03jansa (CC BY-SA 3.0 ee)
October, when that 133-foot crown turns red.
October, when the leaves turn deep red.
Late October into November, when it turns yellow.

Late October and November, when sixty crowns turn clear yellow at once.
Photo: Atsje (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Late October, when the Suffragette Oak turns russet and yellow in Kelvingrove Park.
Photo: Thomas Nugent, via Geograph/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
October and November, when the crown turns clear yellow.
October and November, when one tree carries yellow, orange, red and purple at once.
Late October into November, when the larch needles turn gold.
October to November: clear yellow, sometimes red.
Late October, when the crown goes scarlet and then rust.
Late October into November, when the copper beech leaves turn copper.
Late October and November, when the crown goes butter yellow at the head of the terrace lawn.

Late October, when Dr Korczak's Oak turns russet and yellow.
Photo: Panek (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late October into November, when the whole crown turns clear yellow at once.
Late October into November, when the whole crown turns orange-brown.
Photo: Ivan Ruggiero (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October, when it turns scarlet a few weeks before the ginkgo turns gold.
Late October and November, when the purple leaves turn copper.
Late October and November, when the beech turns copper.
October into November, when it turns gold.
Late October into November, when the cut leaves go copper against the stone.
October, when it turns a pure, saturated gold.
October to November: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
Late October into November, when two acres of beech turn copper at once.
October, when the whole crown turns clear yellow.

October, when the crown turns deep crimson.
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard (CC BY)
Late October, when the oak on the cemetery's main path turns russet and yellow.
Late autumn, when the leaves run from orange into deep red.

October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Photo: Rob Grange (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Late October, when the long compound leaves turn butter yellow.
Photo: Sordelli (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Photo: Reis Quarteu (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October, when the small leaflets turn clear yellow and come down almost at once.

Late October, when the larch needles turn golden yellow before they fall.
Late October into November, when a scarlet oak earns its name.
Late October, when the whole crown turns clear butter-yellow.
October, when the small leaflets turn clear yellow and come down early.
Late October into November, when the star-shaped leaves go scarlet and plum at once.
October to November: clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.

Late October, when the leaves turn scarlet, amber and green all at once.
Photo: Thomas Ledl (CC BY-SA 3.0 AT)

October: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.

Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund

October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Photo: Tim Green (CC BY 2.0)
October, when its small heart-shaped leaves turn a clean yellow.

Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn.
Photo: Kattenkruid (CC BY 3.0)

Late October and November, when a conifer 28 metres tall turns rust orange and drops every needle it has.
Late October into November, when it turns copper and then bare, which is not what a conifer is supposed to do.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October into November, when a conifer this size turns rust orange and drops every needle it has.
Late October into November, when the needles turn rust orange and drop, which is not what a conifer is supposed to do.
Late October into November, when the needles turn rust orange and fall, which is not what a conifer is supposed to do.

October and November, when the weeping crown turns copper and russet.
Photo: Ing.Mgr.Jozef Kotulič (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October to November: clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Late October into November, when two conifers in an arboretum of evergreens turn rust orange and go bare.
Late October into November, when the needles turn foxy orange and fall.

Late October into November, when the red oak turns a rich red.

October, when the fallen leaves smell of caramel.
Photo: Alex Baxter (CC BY)
Late October into November, when the needles turn foxy reddish brown.
Photo: Zygmunt Put (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
October and November, when the round leaves turn yellow and the fallen ones smell of caramel.
Photo: さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October, when the Maruyama katsura turns pink and yellow above the river path.
Late October into November, when the crown turns copper and orange.
Late October and November, when the whole Genal valley turns copper.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October, when a crown fifty metres up turns clear yellow.
Late October into November, when the red oak turns deep red.
Late October into November, when the red oak turns deep red.
Late October into November, when the needles turn rust and fall, which is not what a conifer is supposed to do.
October into November, when the whole 35 metre crown turns red.
October, when 53 metres of crown turns clear yellow.

Late October into November, when the beech turns copper and russet.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund

Clear yellow, one of the most reliable autumn trees.
Photo: Paulo V. Araujo, Dias com Arvores
Late October, when the beech wood turns copper over the path.
Late October into November, when the leaves turn red and the lower ones hang on into winter.
October into November, when the needles turn copper red before they fall.

Late October into November, when the fern-cut leaves turn copper.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

October, when the beech turns copper and the whole old park goes with it.
Photo: Vilensija (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Late October, when the cemetery's Hungarian oak turns russet and yellow.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
October, when the beech turns copper and gold.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

Late October, when the maple in Hans Tavsens Park turns golden yellow.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund

Late October, when the whole crown turns clear yellow.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund
October to November: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.

Late October, when the maple at Kaerholmen turns golden yellow.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund
October, when the pin oak turns dark red to russet.
October to November: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.

October, when the broad crown turns red over the graves.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund
October, when the mitten-shaped leaves turn orange and red.

Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Photo: Hans Erik Lund
Late October and November, when the needles turn rust orange before they drop.
Mid to late October, when the red oak turns a rich red.
October, when the beech turns copper and russet.
October to November: the whole crown turns orange-brown, the tree's best-known moment after its shape.
October, when the sugar maple turns orange and red.
Late October into November, when the needles turn gold and then drop.
Late October into November, when the whole crown turns gold and drops within days.
October, when the leaves turn and the fallen ones smell of burnt sugar.

October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Photo: Zinneke (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.
Late October and November, turning alongside its neighbour eighty metres away.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

Late October into November, when the soft needles turn copper red.
Photo: Edlerin (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late October and November, when the copper runs from the top of the crown down to the grass.
Late October into November, when a crown this size turns the whole clearing copper.
Late October and November, when the crown turns copper over the green in front of the school.
Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn.
Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn.
Late October into November, when the needles turn rust-orange before they fall.
October, when the dawn redwoods' needles turn foxy reddish brown, before the garden closes on 31 October.

Late October into November, when the copper leaves turn and fall.
Photo: Kulac (CC BY-SA 3.0 at)

Late October, when the beech turns copper and russet.
Photo: Edlerin (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Late October and November, when it turns copper and holds it.

Late October, when the Plagwitz oak turns russet and yellow.
Photo: Vinaceus (CC BY-SA 4.0)
October, when the leaves turn apricot and smell of burnt sugar as they fall.
Late October, when the katsura turns pink and yellow and its fallen leaves smell of burnt sugar.

October, when the leaves turn apricot and the ground underneath smells of gingerbread.
October, when the crown turns apricot and gold and the path smells of burnt sugar.
Late October into November, when the needles turn reddish brown before they fall.
Late October into November, when a red oak turns the deep red it is named for.
October, when the crown turns clear butter yellow over the square.
Late October into November, when the soft needles turn copper red.
Late October into November, when the crown turns scarlet.
October to November: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

Late October, when the maple on the Schlossberg turns golden yellow.
Late October and November, when the mast drops and the crown turns russet.

Late October into November, when the hanging curtain of leaves turns gold and copper.
Photo: Andreas Schwarzkopf (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November, when the crown turns gold over the first hall of the temple.

Late November into early December, when it goes gold and lets the whole crown go at once.
Photo: KimonBerlin (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Late November, when the whole crown turns gold.
November, when the leaves come down and the schoolchildren chase them.

Mid November, when the ginkgo turns gold.
Photo: 藤谷良秀 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Late November, when the shrine lights the gold crown up after dark.

November, when the whole crown turns gold and the town lights it at night.
Photo: STA3816 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
November, when the crown turns rust and comes down over a couple of weeks.
Photo: さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)

November, when a crown this wide turns rust and drops inside a fortnight.
Photo: Sakaori (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

November, when the round leaves turn yellow and the fallen ones smell of burnt sugar.
Photo: Pekachu (CC BY-SA 4.0)

November, when the whole crown turns gold.
Photo: STA3816 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Late November, when the ginkgo turns deep gold.
November, when all the ginkgos on the intersection turn gold together.
Late November, when the leaves turn gold.

November, when the crown turns a deep orange-brown.
Late November, when the ginkgo turns gold over the shrine approach.
Mid to late November, when it drops a yellow floor in front of the hall and the shrine lights it after dark.

Late November, when the crown turns gold above the hall.

Late November, when the whole crown turns gold within about a week.
Photo: Hirho (CC BY-SA 4.0)

November, when the crown turns gold like its two Ohatsuki siblings nearby.
Photo: さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Late November, when the crown turns gold and then drops in a day or two.
November, when both ginkgos turn gold and the queues form at the pagoda.

November, when its huge crown turns bright yellow.
Photo: Mechurii (CC BY-SA 3.0)

November, when the needles turn rust before they drop.
Photo: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0)

Mid-to-late November, when the canopy turns gold.

Late November, at the peak of its golden colour.
Photo: Mark Yasuda (Myasuda) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

November, when the whole crown turns gold.
Photo: DrTerraKhan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Late November, when the ginkgo turns gold.
Photo: Reggaeman (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Late November, when the whole crown turns gold.
November, when a zelkova this size turns and drops in about a fortnight.
Late November, when it goes gold and then drops the lot in a week.
November, when the ginkgo turns gold.

Late November, when the leaves turn gold.
Photo: LBM1948 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November, when it goes gold and then drops the lot within days.

November, when it turns hard yellow and then drops the whole canopy in a matter of days.
Photo: lejones417 (CC BY-SA)

November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
Photo: Hansmuller (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November to December: copper and russet, and young trees keep dead leaves all winter.

November, when the fan-shaped leaves turn gold before dropping almost overnight.
Photo: Txllxt TxllxT (CC BY-SA 4.0)

November, when the whole crown turns gold and can drop within a day or two.
Photo: Andrew Conboy (CC BY)
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
Late November, when the whole crown turns gold.
Late November into December, when the needles turn rust and drop into the river.
Late November, when the whole crown goes gold at once and drops within a week.

Mid-November, when the whole crown turns gold at once.
Photo: Utilisateur:Djampa (CC BY-SA 4.0)

November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
Photo: Bobo-X (CC BY)
November, when the needles turn foxy red and then drop.
November, when three crowns go copper at once and the light under them turns orange.
November, when its fan-shaped leaves turn brilliant yellow.
Mid-November, when it turns hard yellow and drops it all at once.
Early November, when the whole crown goes gold at once and then drops.

Late November, when the whole crown turns gold and then drops almost at once.
Photo: Geert Van der Linden (CC BY 4.0)
November, when the whole crown turns butter gold and drops in a day or two.
Photo: さかおり (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mid-November, when the low spreading crown goes yellow and lays a circle of leaves on the grass.
Photo: Huhulenik (CC BY 3.0)

November, when it turns hard yellow and drops the lot in a day or two.
Photo: Matthewlunas (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November, when the fan-shaped leaves turn gold and drop almost overnight.
November, when the ginkgo goes gold beside the greenhouses.

Late November into early December, when the canopy turns gold and draws crowds to photograph it.
Photo: Nicola Quirico (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
November, when the needles turn rust orange before dropping.
November, when the needles turn rust orange before dropping.

Late November, when the maple turns red.
Photo: さかおり (CC BY 4.0)
November to December: clear yellow, sometimes red.

November, when both crowns turn butter gold and drop within days of each other.
Photo: Daniel Cahen (CC BY)
November, when the crown turns a single even gold.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
November, when the needles turn rust orange before dropping.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.

November, when the fan-shaped leaves turn a uniform hard gold.
Photo: Nicola Quirico (CC BY-SA 3.0)
November, when the needles turn rust and fall, leaving the one bare conifer on Geneva's lakeside walk.
November, when it drops the whole crown of gold in a few days.
Late November, when the fans turn flat gold and drop almost together.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.

Late November, when the whole avenue turns gold.
Photo: Kentin (CC BY-SA 3.0)
November, when the needles turn rust orange before dropping.
November, when the whole crown turns butter gold and drops within days.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
November, when the ginkgo turns gold.

Late November, when the whole crown turns and drops through the gate roof.
Late November, when it turns yellow with the garden's maples.
November, when the whole crown turns butter gold and then drops in a day or two.
Late November into early December, when the whole crown turns gold and drops within days.
November, when the needles turn foxy orange before dropping.
November, when the needles turn copper and drop and the conifer stands bare.
November, when the zelkova turns russet beside the gold ginkgo.
November, when it drops its needles like a deciduous tree, the habit that confuses visitors expecting a conifer to stay green.

November, when the whole crown turns gold and then drops it in a matter of days.
Photo: GilPe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November, when all five turn foxy red and then drop their needles.
November, when the whole crown turns butter gold and drops within days.
Late November, when it holds green and then turns the whole crown at once.
Mid to late November, when the ginkgo turns gold.

The second half of November, when it goes gold and then drops the lot within days.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
November, when the crown turns butter gold and drops almost all at once.
November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
November, when the crown turns gold and drops it in a few days.
November, when the needles turn rust orange and then fall.
November, when the leaves turn gold and then drop almost all at once.

November: the whole crown turns butter gold, then drops in a day or two.
Photo: Edlerin (CC BY-SA 4.0)
November, when the crown turns butter gold for a few days.
November, when the ginkgo turns gold.
November, when the needles turn rust orange before dropping.

The first week of December, when it goes gold and drops within the week.
Photo: Paulo V. Araujo, Dias com Arvores
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