The performance of InxGa1-xN-based m-plane LEDs and laser diodes grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on bulk GaN substrates is currently limited by lower indium uptake and inhomogeneous linewidth broadening in the blue spectrum compared to semipolar planes and c-plane. Linewidth broadening is partially attributed to inhomogeneous indium composition that is associated with template morphology. We investigate the morphological evolution of homoepitaxial GaN growth on bulk m-plane substrates in three co-loaded miscut orientations: nominally on-axis, 1 degrees in the -c-direction (-c-miscut), and 1 degrees in the a-direction (a-miscut). Atomic force microscopy reveals four-sided pyramidal hillocks for on-axis growth with faces inclined toward the [11 $(2) over bar $0] a-axis (a-faces) and the [0001] c-axis (c-faces). The a-faces exhibit steps oriented in an a+c direction with longer terrace widths than the c-lace steps. The -c-miscut template growth sometimes forms diagonal striations, characterized by regions with stable a+c step direction. The a-miscut template growth exhibits meandering steps oriented in the a +/- c directions that bunch to form diagonal striations. These results reveal that c-direction steps are unstable compared to a +/- c directions. We further demonstrate that m-plane GaN substrates with combined a+c miscut lead to narrower InxGa1-xN photoluminescence emission spectra in blue with enhanced indium incorporation. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.