Persephone breaks them off at a short height, peeling off any branches that might have made an attempt at leafing and the rest of the trees withers away to nothing. She's already made a mess of Jema with her flowers and plants everywhere, no need to introduce something weird here.

"Oh--I have no idea. They said something about birds and I don't know...Maybe we should get a few more at a time? I hate to make them go back and forth for one flower's worth."