Young trees -- or immature parts of a tree -- are more likely to keep their leaves in winter than mature trees, but they tend to grow out of this behavior after a few years.

Wandering along the trail at Lakewood, we noticed some trees had lost some of their leaves, but not all of them. An oak had a large crown of leaves attached, but the rest of its branches were bare.

Deciduous and coniferous trees vary in many more ways than only leaf types. Learn these differences and you'll know which ...

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Every winter you see them, the few trees who just will not let go of their leaves. Little brown leaves flittering in the frigid wind. Hard as the wind may blow, they hang on and hang on.

Plants that are biennials survive their first winter but die before the second. During their first year, they may look like a circle of leaves hugging the ground.

This is critical for fruit trees because these flower buds must survive the winter to produce the following year’s crop. In late January 2024, temperatures in the Okanagan dipped to –27°C ...

Every winter you see them, the few trees who just will not let go of their leaves. Little brown leaves flittering in the frigid wind. Hard as the wind may blow, they hang on and hang on.