Spring arrives with a burst of life, but it also comes with a puzzle: those curling leaves on plants that make them look like they’re auditioning for a sculpture contest. While the shapes can seem ...

Leaves can be enjoyed for their shade, autumn colors, or taste, and the arrangement of leaves on a plant is a practical way to identify a species. However, the details of how plants control their leaf ...

Delicious, fragrant bay leaves come from the bay laurel, a perennial shrub or tree with pale yellow flowers and black fruit, attractive olive-to-reddish bark, and dark leathery leaves. Bay leaves are ...

The appearance of yellow leaves on plants can happen for a variety of reasons. Perhaps your trendy green babies received an overabundance of sunlight, not enough sunlight, too much water or fertilizer ...

While growing a home garden for a betel leaf plant (paan plant) may appear unusual, with the correct approach, it is actually ...

Jack L. Carter, Martha A. Carter and Donna J. Stevens, 214 pages, softcover $20. Mimbres Publishing, 2003. This user-friendly guide includes photos and descriptions of 108 woody species and 38 ...

Q: How reliable are plant identification apps? A: I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply snap a photo of the plant in ...

Leaf shape (palmate, lanceolate, ovate, etc.) and leaf margin (lobate, serrate, spiny, etc.) are other characteristics used for plant identification. If you are attempting to identify a tree, a photo ...