Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. October Glory, Autumn Blaze – these are just two of the improved cultivars in the Red Maple collection that are supposed to have drop dead fall color. Sadly, they may be show stoppers in cooler areas but probably not going to stop traffic in the coastal plain of South Carolina. Another photo pigment that is responsible for the reds and purples in deciduous leaves is anthocyanin, and unlike the flavonoids and