Isithombe: Isihlahla se-Copper Beech

Kulo mhlaba okhangayo, isihlahla se-Copper Beech esivuthiwe (Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea') siphakama ngokuba khona kokubili okuyalayo nokubukekayo, umpheme waso obanzi omise okwedome ombozwe amahlamvu anothile, ajulile ansomi akhazimulayo kanye nobuhle. Ngokumelene nemifino emisha yehlathi elizungezile, lesi sihlahla sihluka njengetshe eliyigugu elibekwe ngokungafani nengemuva laso, amaqabunga aso enza ukuthungwa okucishe kube luhlaza okukhanga iso ngokushesha. Amathoni agcwele ashintsha kancane ekukhanyeni, ngezinye izikhathi avele acishe abe burgundy, ngezinye izikhathi asondele kuplamu elimnyama, kuye ngokudlala kwelanga nesithunzi kumqhele walo ominyene. Le khwalithi eguquguqukayo igcwalisa isihlahla ngomqondo wedrama, iqinisekisa ukuthi asilokothi sime kodwa sihlala siphila ngokuhlukahluka kwesizini nokomkhathi.

Ubukhulu besihlahla bunezela egunyeni laso lokubona. Umpheme wayo unwebeka, wenze idome eliphelele elibonakala liqoshwe ngokucophelela imvelo ngokwayo. Amahlamvu anwebeka ngaphandle abe yizingqimba ezinkulu, igatsha ngalinye linikela ekugcwaleni kwawo wonke, kuze kube yilapho umqhele ufana nesambulela esikhulu lapho umuntu angathola khona isiphephelo. Leli fomu elinwebekayo lenza umthunzi opholile otshanini ngaphansi, okwenza indawo evikelekile lapho umoya uzwakala uthulekile, ukukhanya kuthambile, futhi umhlaba uhamba kancane. Ngaphansi kwe-canopy yayo, ukusebenzisana kwezithunzi ezivela emaqabunga anezingqimba kunikeza indawo edabukile yamaphethini aguqukayo, isikhumbuzo sokuvumelana phakathi kokukhanya nefomu eliphilayo.

Isiqu esiqinile, nakuba simbozwe ukuminyana kwamahlamvu, siqinisa isihlahla ngokuzethemba okuqinile. Iphuma phansi inamandla athule, isekela isisindo somqhele omkhulukazi ongenhla, ubukhona bayo bugcizelelwa nakakhulu izimpande ezivuthayo esisekelweni sawo. Lezi zimpande zinwebeka ngaphandle komthungo otshanini obuluhlaza obuluhlaza, isiteji esiluhlaza esigqamisa umbala ocebile wesihlahla futhi sinikeza uhlaka lwemvelo lobuhle baso. Utshani ngokwawo lubanzi futhi luvulekile, luqinisekisa ukuthi akukho lutho oluncintisana nefomu le-Copper Beech, elivumela ukuthi libuse njengesizinda esingenakuphikwa salo mkhakha wengadi.

Ingxenye yalokho okwenza i-Copper Beech iphawuleke kakhulu ikhono layo lokunikeza ubuhle ngaso sonke isikhathi sonyaka. Entwasahlobo, amaqabunga awo asemancane aphuma emthunzini obomvu ngokujulile ngaphambi kokuvuthwa abe nsomi ngokumnyama kanye nama-maroon abusa ehlobo, njengoba kuboniswe lapha. Ekwindla, amaqabunga athatha amathoni afudumele, axube ithusi nethusi, okuwumbukiso wokugcina ocwebezelayo ngaphambi kokuwa kwamaqabunga. Ngisho nasebusika, amagxolo ampunga abushelelezi kanye nesakhiwo esihle samagatsha sigcina ikhwalithi eqoshiwe eqinisekisa ukuthi isihlahla sihlala simangalisa, ngisho nangaphandle kwamahlamvu aso. Lesi sikhalazo sonyaka wonke yingakho i-Copper Beech sekuyisikhathi eside igujwa njengenye yezihlahla ezihlobisa kakhulu nezibalulekile ezingadini ezinkulu namapaki.

Ukubonakala kwalesi sihlahla akukona nje kuphela umbala waso ogqamile kodwa nasendleleni esishintsha ngayo umkhathi wendawo esizungezile. Lapho izinyosi eziluhlaza zidala ukuzola nobunye, i-Copper Beech yengeza ukuqina nokugqama, indawo ephilayo eyenza ukunakwa nokutuswa. I-canopy yayo ayisebenzi nje njengendawo yokukhosela kodwa njengomsebenzi wobuciko ngokwawo, ibhalansi evumelanayo yamandla kanye nobumnandi. Uma umi ngaphansi kwamagatsha aso, umuntu uzizwa ekhexile, njengokungathi ungena esontweni lombhishobhi lemvelo elingapendiwe ngokuluhlaza kodwa elinemibala ecebile yokuhwalala.

Lesi sithombe sithwebula kahle ukuthi kungani i-Copper Beech ithathwa njengesinye sezihlahla ezinhle kakhulu zokwakheka kwezwe. Inhlanganisela yayo yamahlamvu ansomi ajulile, isimo esimise okwedome esilinganayo, nokuba khona kwayo ngobuhle kuyenza ibe ngaphezu kwesihlahla—kuyisitatimende sobuntu ngaphakathi engadini, uphawu lokuhlala unomphela nobuhle. Isithombe asigcizeleli nje kuphela izimfanelo zokuhlobisa zesihlahla kodwa futhi nendima yaso njengento eguqulayo endaweni, ekwazi ukuchaza indawo, ukunikeza umthunzi, nokuvusa imizwelo ngobuhle baso obungapheli.

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