I'm not really sure how to do this, although I've been brainstorming some ideas.

I want to attach leaves to a gumpaste tree branch in order to make a tree. Obviously, I will need to cut many leaves, and bunch them together to make it look more realistic. My question is HOW do I do that? How do I attach them to the branches to make them look more realistic?

TIA!

Put the leaves on wires and wrap them with brown floral tape. Attach them in the same fashion.

Do you mean wrap the bunch of leaves AROUND the branch with brown floral tape?

Another CC'er suggested I try dipping grape vines (minus the grapes, of course) into candy melts.

I put gumpaste on a lollipop stick to make the trunk, then attached the grape vine to it. I painted milk choc candy melts on the trunks , made a gumpaste base so they's stand and dipped the vines into green candy melts. Worked like a charm! See my photos (tank diorama).

Thanks everyone.

However, the question still remains, once I bunch up the leaves with floral tape how do I attach them to the tree branch??

Thanks again.