Key Takeaways Vines like English ivy, wisteria, honeysuckle, and bittersweet can smother trees and shrubs, block sunlight, and spread aggressively if not controlled early.Prevent problems by ...

Keep these invasive vining plants out of your garden. We love it when a new plant takes off in our garden, and vines are especially appealing for providing vertical interest, rapid coverage, and ...

Kudzu. Virginia creeper. Poison ivy vines. Grapevines. Trumpet vines. Wisteria vines. English ivy vines in wooded yards. “Vines are climbers,” said Chuck Coutant, a biologist who co-wrote with Bob ...

Lightning also blasted parasitic vines off D. oleifera trees. The clearing of neighboring trees and choking vines meant struck D. oleifera trees had less competition for light, making it easier to ...

Invasive vines are smothering trees in the D.C. region. Weed Warrior volunteers are coming to their rescue.

These vines climb on top of the trees to “steal” light. A Dipteryx oleifera tree just after being struck by lightning in 2019 (top) versus two years later (bottom).

Spring flowering trees and vines. By Ashley Frasca. April 01, 2025 at 5:14 pm EDT. ... Recently, I had a friend ask me for recommendations of flowering vines to display around a backyard pool.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida, including when to prune wayward flame vines, how to control stubborn grass weeds and what works best for hydrangeas with powdery mil… ...

Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out.

But here it was happening. In my life. For real. A virus had taken over The Whole World. So when I walked through my woods and saw the invasives growing, expanding, even choking trees to death, I ...

WASHINGTON - Vines - poison ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, kudzu - snake through the back yard, girdling trees and strangling shrubs, thriving, scientists say, on the same pollution they blame for ...

Most vines are fast growers and can quickly get out of hand. Whether the vine is one you planted or an unwanted plant, learn how to stop vines from choking your shrubs and flower beds.