For my family, it’s a generations-running bridal tradition. It’s not unusual for families to pass meaningful wedding tokens from one generation to the next. For some brides, it’s a dress. For others, ...

Ivy can look beautiful hanging off trees or climbing up a home, but can quickly become unmanageable if left to grow. This fast-spreading vine will get into the cracks of walls and begin to break them ...

Poison ivy vines aren't ready to produce the bright green leaves as it covers a fence post near Adamsville, Penn. THE BLADE/DAVID PATCH Buy This Image Poison ivy heavily infests this lilac bush at ...

Q. Behind our summer cottage are many maples and oaks and to my eye, unfriendly vines climbing their trunks. Maybe the vines are poison ivy? The leaves turn bright red in the fall. Do they do any ...

I have six oak trees in my yard with ivy growing all over them. Some of the ivy vines are about 2 inches in diameter. I want to kill the ivy without damaging the trees. I was thinking of cutting the ...

Ivy's resilience and lush growth make killing English ivy or removing ivy from trees a difficult task, but not an impossible ...

An old adage about poison ivy says, "Leaflets three, let it be; berries white, hide from sight." It's good advice. Poison ivy leaves are compound, meaning that each leaf consists of more than one ...

Anyone cleaning out overgrown areas or even just weeding should beware. Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) may be growing among the plants you are handling. It pays to be able to identify this plant, ...

It was a close encounter in 2012 that made microbiologist John Jelesko take an interest in poison ivy. The Virginia Tech associate professor was cutting up a downed tree with an electric chainsaw.