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He said: 'The leaves colour up particularly well after a hot summer, which we've just had.

In the tropics they do however colour up much better.

They colour up well in autumn and prefer a sunny site.

Pick them young before they colour up and become tough skinned.

When the flower buds begin to colour up, you can bring the bowls into the house.

The leaves that follow hot on the heels of the flowers are not particularly remarkable, but they do colour up quite well in the autumn.

Quickly replace the cover and cook for another minute or two, until the base is crisp (it may not colour up that much on top).

It will colour up to orange in autumn.

Remove and bring undercover before frosts and leave to colour up.

These true eels never colour up more than the dull grey/green of the juvenile specimens.

Scouring is occuring at the Ackron causing the river to colour up all the time.

These large fruits colour up in spring providing useful flashes of clear red just when the daffodils and miniature blue bulbs appear.

Tomatoes colour up in a blotchy way.

Among the first plants to colour up is Cercidiphyllum japonicum, known as the Katsura tree.

A more intriguant bambolina could one not colour up out of Boccuccia's Enameron.

Dyed locks are just as prominent as they were at the beginning of the year encouraging more and more women to colour up with confidence.

Sorbus commixta (often called the Japanese rowan), has pointed, glossy, ferny leaves that usually colour up to a fiery red in autumn.

But once you do acquire 'Winter Orange’ you must place it in a bright, open position where the branches can colour up and winter sunshine will work its magic.

Lots of sunshine can help to colour up an apple, but for some varieties in New Zealand, it can actually lead to sun burn, resulting in poor export quality.

If you’re planning to allow your gooseberries to colour up and become really ripe, net your fruit straight after thinning to prevent thrushes and blackbirds from feasting on it.

Charlton had the decency to colour up at the bare-faced plugs for his product that the worthy representing British Gas had been able to lever into his opening peroration.

Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy’, already starting to colour up, its plum-coloured leaves turning yellow, orange and scarlet in stages, becomes gloriously illuminated by the September sun that slants under an enormous oak.

Von Ziegler, he noticed, had a lovely black eye which was beginning to colour up, and his white collar had been torn away from its stud where somebody had grabbed him at the back of the neck.

He said: 'The leaves colour up particularly well after a hot summer, which we've just had.

"The net result is that they tend to color up around the same time as all the others."

In the tropics they do however colour up much better.

If you are lucky, it will actually color up for the holidays.

They colour up well in autumn and prefer a sunny site.

He went on as the other lieutenant's face colored up.

Pick them young before they colour up and become tough skinned.

His face went white, and then he colored up.

She colored up at that but said nothing more.

When the flower buds begin to colour up, you can bring the bowls into the house.

People throw colours and get their targets completely coloured up.

The leaves that follow hot on the heels of the flowers are not particularly remarkable, but they do colour up quite well in the autumn.

Quickly replace the cover and cook for another minute or two, until the base is crisp (it may not colour up that much on top).

Gupta met her eyes, and smiled broadly as she colored up.

Kelso was the only other person who had seen him coloured up as a Mute.

I colored up, of course, and was more excited by that compliment than if it had come from a queen.

All players color up their lesser-valued chips into greater denominations.

It will colour up to orange in autumn.

She was amazed to see him color up, but at that moment her next partner came to claim her.

But I'm betting it'll color up nicely by morning.

I seem to remember a time when we couldn't mention Dominic's name without you colouring up like a sunset.

Beth felt herself color up and hoped her garish face paint hid it.

She went pale, and then coloured up red.

Remove and bring undercover before frosts and leave to colour up.

Murray's one eye was now authentically closed, and rapidly coloring up.