leafing out
Trees growing foliage
Leafing out is the process of trees and shrubs producing new leaves in spring.
The phrase captures the visible transformation as buds open and foliage emerges: The maples are just starting to leaf out.
Also appears as leaf out: Most trees leaf out by mid-April in this climate.
- unfurlSpread out from rolled
- greenColor of vegetation
- phenologyStudy of seasonal cycles
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- tree canopyUpper forest layer
fresh · photosynthesis · springtime · April showers · budding · transpiration · sprout · burst · shoot · bud · petiole · emergence · unfold · flowering · full bloom · growing season · opening · deciduous trees
- plant phenologybudding, blooming, flowering, dormancy, senescence
- tree life cycleseed, seedling, sapling, mature tree, germination