I've always been partial to selective color, but unfortunately it seems the majority of viewers aren't. In my experience I've found that "less is more" with this approach (IE a single red apple in a basket of apples) otherwise it loses the effect.
You have a bold composition, but in this case there's to much color. Perhaps if you dropped the color on all but the front tree, it would do a better job of achieve the pop you were looking for.
I like color pop on 'particular' pictures but to me, this isn't one of them. Maybe it's because the sky is so bright it takes away from the pop, a darker sky perhaps may've looked better. Just one opinion in an ocean of them.