Gardeners sometimes see leaves fringed with droplets of liquid. The droplets are not dew or rain, and plants don’t sweat. So what are they? Those drops are a way for the plants to excrete excess water ...

The other evening, I was sitting in the living room reading when I glanced at a bird flying past the window and noticed water drops on the leaves of our Monstera deliciosa plant. This phenomenon, ...

Dear Jessica: Can you please tell me what these droplike things are on the leaves in the picture? If it’s a disease, how do I treat it? — Marilyn Von Braunsberg, Oceanside Dear Marilyn: Those sticky ...

Hydathodes are specialised leaf structures that facilitate guttation, the exudation of xylem sap as droplets at leaf margins or surfaces under conditions of high root pressure and low transpiration.

Guttation is the loss of water in the form of water droplets from hydathodes (small pores) on the leaf margin of a small herbacious plant. What is guttation? Guttation is the loss of water in the form ...

Small watery droplets on the edges of blueberry bush leaves are loaded with nutrients for many insects, including bees, wasps and flies, according to a new study, the first of its kind. The study ...