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Usually, the flowers are all gone with the end of summer. The leaves can be very colorful. It takes a freeze early in the fall to get good colors. With no early frost, the colors are very muted. Fall here is not as vibrant as pictures you may have seen as we have so many pine trees that don't change at all. The mid west and east regions are all deciduous forest and have a much fuller display.