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Plants with heart-shaped leaves add a touch of romance and elegance to gardens, landscapes, and indoor spaces. These leaves’ ...
When it comes to drama, large-leaf houseplants add big, bold splashes of green and a cozy vibe to any room in an instant.
If you pay any attention to the world around you, you are likely aware of how deciduous trees shed leaves, pollen, seeds, fruits, and yet more pollen into the world around them. Nature, and the ...
The new Nissan Leaf's design is focused on maximum range, but its designer talks about all of the requirements that really make it a challenge.
American sweetgum trees, or Liquidambar styraciflua, are sometimes called redgum largely because of the distinct color of this older heartwood and its star-shaped leaves in the fall. Also called ...
Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees. Several different fungi can cause the symptoms we describe as anthracnose.
IN THE GARDEN How to Read the Tree Leaves A little knowledge of botany can be helpful, even if you’re an amateur gardener. Here are a few things you should know about what happens in the fall.
The leaves of this tree are also quite distinct — each one has a large, V-shaped notch at the tip. Because tuliptrees transplant easily and grow fast, they are a popular choice for in home yards.
The spiky, iconic Canadian maple leaf. A large, lush Florida palm leaf. Thin aspen leaves rustling in the crisp Colorado air. You can probably recall many different leaf shapes from many different pla ...
Autumn arrives this week, and that means pumpkins, football and piles of fresh, crackly leaves. Did you ever wonder why trees throw away an important part of their anatomy each year? After all ...
ST. LOUIS — Reds, pinks, oranges and yellows are starting to pop up on trees, giving leaf peepers a fall foliage show across the St. Louis area. But, what about the trees in your neighborhood ...
Fast Leaf Hypothesis: Scientists Discover Sneaky Way Trees Use Geometry To Hog Nutrients A study analyzing how leaves fall appears to support the "fast leaf hypothesis".