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Leaves a Work of Art

Valley Oak*

Thompson Seedless Grape*

A hybrid

Grape*

Rose*

Clover Leaves*

Oak*

Flowering Herb

Filaree*

Hosta Albomarginata*

Heuchera*

Unidentified Tree*

Princess Flower

“The structure of the leaf makes it the most efficient part of the plant for photosynthesis. All living things, except for a few groups of bacteria, depend on photosynthesis for there existence. Besides being the sole source of oxygen, this process is the only significant food-producing mechanism on the earth.”[1]

Leaves on a healthy plant are aesthetically beautiful and show design falling well within the definition of art. There are at least twenty-four shapes and arrangements of leaves[2] that also vary in size, coloring, texture, venation and blade margin (e.g. smooth, jagged, etc… ) Color variation of leaves due to shading from other leaves and new leaf growth enhance the plants beauty. Other pigments in the leaves besides green are enjoyable and the fall colors of dying deciduous leaves are breathtaking.

Sycamore

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Yellow Daisy Bush*

Pomegranate*

Podocarpus*

Redwood Needles*

Pine*

Lemon*

Tangerine*

Grapefruit*

Loquat*

Spotted Dead Nettle*

Nettle*

Navel Orange*

Leyland Cypress

A hybrid of Monterey Cypress and Alaska Cedar

Orange Trumpet Vine*

Violet Trumpet Vine*

An Herb

An Herb

An Herb

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Yellow Daisy Bush*

Pomegranate*

Podocarpus*

Redwood Needles*

Pine*

Lemon*

Tangerine*

Grapefruit*

Loquat*

Nettle*

Navel Orange*

Leyland Cypress

Orange Trumpet Vine*

Violet Trumpet Vine*

An Herb

An Herb

An Herb

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Yellow Daisy Bush*

Pomegranate*

Podocarpus*

Redwood Needles*

Pine*

Lemon*

Tangerine*

Grapefruit*

Loquat*

Nettle*

Navel Orange*

Leyland Cypress

Orange Trumpet Vine*

Violet Trumpet Vine*

An Herb

An Herb

An Herb

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