If the ground is frozen, the water cannot be replaced and the leaves burn.
The heat was far greater than if the leaf had caught fire and burned on the spot.
When it does, the leaves will have burned, scorched spots on them that may suggest some blight has touched them.
As long as the flames did not reach above the level of water in the basket, the leaves would not burn through.
"We must eliminate all of Hex: dig up the roots, burn the leaves, salt the earth."
Unnaturally thin leaves can burn in bright sunshine, so if the maple was moved into heavy shade it should stay there through the growing season.
Their leaves may burn, turn brown on the edges or scorch yellow in the center.
Jim Powell is grim as he looks over the acres of destroyed oranges around him, the leaves of the trees curled and burned by frost.
Needs some shade or the leaves will burn.
Martin soon joined her, to demonstrate how leaves of grass burned on the grill.