How to Use deciduous in a Sentence

deciduous

adjective

• This wood comes from deciduous trees (the kind that drop their leaves each year).
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2021
• The same holds true for young deciduous trees.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
• Avoid deciduous shrubs that drop all their leaves.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
• The best time to plant new deciduous fruit trees is in late winter.
  — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter.
  — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
• This is a deciduous shrub with bright coral red stems in winter.
  — OregonLive.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Snow load on deciduous shrubs and trees may cause limbs and branches to break.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2017
• For ease of harvest, keep your deciduous fruit trees at a height of eight feet.
  — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
• That's what signals our deciduous trees to drop their leaves in fall.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• By month’s end, strip leaves off pears, plums, and other deciduous fruit trees.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
• In the springtime, pollen from deciduous trees plagues the area.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
• Swaths of deciduous trees drop their leaves each year for a brilliant fall display.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• Winter, when deciduous plants are bare and dormant, is a fine time to trim and shape your shrubs.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2021
• These deciduous trees are hardy in Zones 5 to 9 and grow best in full sun.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
• Leaves that cling to deciduous trees, or rustle in heaps at their trunks, make do with subtle shades of brown.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Nov. 2024
• And on the other side of the path is a deciduous forest of beeches.
  — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022
• These are deciduous trees that will soon be bereft of foliage, but even then, there will be something to see.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
• Both of these cypresses are deciduous and drop all of their leaves in the winter.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• This woody deciduous shrub with a strong lemon scent can reach 4 to 5 feet tall and wide in warm climates.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
• Plants go dormant by late spring so plant them where they won’t be missed, such as beneath the legs of deciduous shrubs.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
• The third reason people plant in the fall is because deciduous trees drop leaves then.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
• So, most thinning of branches should happen near the top of a deciduous fruit tree.
  — Greg Alder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• What about plants in eastern deciduous forests?
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
• The taiga forest trailed the ice, and then the deciduous trees moved in during this age of climate change.
  — Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
• Set against the greens of the ponderosa pines, an array of deciduous trees splash color all along the route.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
• For deciduous azaleas, wait until the leaves have dropped and the shrub is dormant to prune.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
• Summer hubbub is over, the powder’s yet to fly, and the deciduous trees are ablaze.
  — Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2019
• For deciduous trees like apples, peaches, and pears, aim for four to six weeks before bloom.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 17 May 2026
• For deciduous trees like apples, peaches, and pears, aim for four to six weeks before bloom.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 11 May 2026
• Don’t forget that many areas of your garden are full sun in the spring when deciduous trees haven’t leafed out yet.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 9 July 2020