Kim Malcolm talks with Ray Larson, curator for the University of Washington Botanic Gardens.

Are you noticing vibrant fall colors even more this year? Larson says what we're seeing right now is pretty typical for October in Seattle. But he says they're likely to stick around longer than normal this fall, because of Seattle's milder than usual summer.

Larson is Curator of Living Collections for the UW Botanic Gardens in Seattle.

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