11.   Expect your ficus tree to drop some leaves from the shock of transplanting and handling.

12.   It has an unusual habit of dropping its leaves all at once, leaving the ground covered with gold in the fall.

13.   My Betty Prior rose, which is supposed to be so hardy, was dropping leaves like crazy.

14.   One gardener simply drops a leaf in a jar of water, and within a relatively short time the cutting roots.

15.   Our red and post oaks are dropping leaves like crazy, even though I work hard to provide adequate moisture.

16.   Q. I recently purchased a hybrid Ficus Monique tree that supposedly resists dropping its leaves.

17.   Some plants react to overly wet conditions by dropping their leaves.

18.   Some trees dropped their leaves early, and there was a poor fall color display.

19.   Surprisingly, the effect continued into late fall, even after the trees dropped their leaves.

20.   The flowering crabapple tree in the front yard has dropped its leaves.