Sentence examples for leafy shrubs from inspiring English sources

Michael Donoghue and Erika Edwards, plant evolution researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, analyzed water conservation mechanisms in the cactus genus Pereskia, an assortment of leafy shrubs and trees that are thought to represent the ancestral state of living cacti.

Place one object half-hidden in a leafy shrub and position another around a corner, so that its discovery is a surprise.

Long-distance lorry drivers, shepherds and guards have long used the leafy shrub to help them in their work but be wary of the driver with that bulge in his cheek.

Athrixia phylicoides, commonly known as bush tea or Zulu tea, is an aromatic leafy shrub with purple daisy-like flowers, growing mainly in grassland and forest margin scrub regions.

S. salignus is a leafy shrub with many branches; its leaves are sessile and are generally very narrow (up to 1.5 cm wide) and pointed, with numerous dense inflorescences and cones.

Find home-grown, and you will also find a gardener: someone with broken nails and a pruning knife who knows a lot about what those temptingly leafy baby shrubs will look like 10 years from now.

Saxon & Parole's palate cleanser of choice is a shrub, which is not a leafy bush in this case, but a genus of sweetened vinegar-based beverage that has its roots in Colonial days.

The only thing that seems to have survived ISIS is leafy green shrub in the backyard. .

CAF AHURIRI 16 Mahia Street (64-6) 834-3833 A few streets back from the beach, this cafe offers classic New Zealand home-style baking -- award-winning sausage rolls ($2.50), custard squares ($3.50) -- and a large, sunny courtyard filled with tables, wide umbrellas and leafy native trees and shrubs.

The thick, leafy vines rapidly overtake trees, shrubs, even grasses, outcompeting and eventually smothering them.

Looking Ahead The increase in subdividing risks spoiling the charm of Rumson, which comes from mature trees and shrubs on large, leafy pieces of property and parklike estates.