The new foliage is often red to bronze, a feature more common in solitary individuals.
Later, they feed on both new and old foliage.
Development takes two years, with a diapause in early summer, when the plant develops new foliage.
He should show an increased liking for the new foliage of trees and such like things.
The branch was nude for half its length; it wasn't growing new foliage.
By spring, when the new foliage begins to be tall and straight, all is forgiven.
Red flowers with 5 petals appear in the spring before the new foliage.
Whole clusters of them poke above the new foliage and put on quite a show.
The color of new foliage can be more dramatic than a flower.
However both the new foliage and the infructescence are considered attractive.