In the 1950s, Dahlonega provided gold for the leafing of the capitol building.

This year's mild winter invited an early arrival of Dutchman's-breeches and other spring ephemerals, which precede the leafing of the trees.

C. africana takes advantage of any wet spells to complete a leafing, flowering and fruiting cycle, and retreats into dormancy over unfavourable periods.

However, the initial application of gold leafing did not hold up well under various weather conditions, so it took further work to repair the leafing on the dome.

Due to its early leafing, Morrow's Honeysuckle is particularly harmful to spring ephemerals, flowers that evolved to bloom briefly in the spring before other plants leafed out.

It has not proved very successful in cultivation in Britain, as its adaptation to a continental climate results in its early leafing and being damaged by late frosts in spring there; the largest recorded specimen is 8 m tall (Tree Register of the British Isles).

The voice of a romantic poet shocked by the city: Long before We swooped on oil, iron and ammonia There was each year A time of irresistible violent leafing of trees. . . . High above, it is true There seem to be storms: All they touch now is Our aerials.