The leaf dropping has been going on for about three years.

The leaves went down from silver to green to the smoky blue of the shadows on the road below.

The leaves are going now, and the trees seem frayed.

"How long do you think it's going to be before the leaves all go transparent so the sun can shine on us full strength?"

They never look right once the leaves and flowers have gone.

The sun shone steadily outside, but the leaves had gone.

Old leaves go pale and turn yellow on the stem.

Tell me why, when what I loved from the start was how eventually each leaf must go.

Just as important is the question of where the leaves will go after they are collected.

But since 2003 the plants have been hit by a disease that makes the leaves go yellow and fall off.