Whether a vine growing up a tree is harmful or not will depend on the vigor of the vine and the size of the tree.

Q: You may know about vines that kill plants. Do you make recommendations for treating them, such as chopping them down and covering them with plastic? How did vines evolve? Did they once survive on ...

Creeping vines are increasingly invading Southern forests, choking out trees and altering forest makeups. Scientists say increased levels of carbon dioxide might be to blame. The invasion involves ...

There is something remarkably rewarding about uncovering a bent-over, young native oak tree from the oppressive blanket of an invasive, alien vine. When I did that Thursday night as part of a ...

Reader Carmen B. asks gardening columnist Don Kinzler the best way to manage the tree seedlings that pop up in her flower bed each year. Q: My husband has trimmed the tree seedlings in the photo back ...

City arborist Laurie Reid recalled a report of a fallen tree her team responded to last week as Tropical Storm Debby passed through the Carolinas. The tree was long dead. “It looked like a living tree ...

Some gardeners like the look of ivy twining up a tree trunk. However, vines that twine too far can be bad news for the tree, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton ...

With a quaint name and ivy-like beauty, an exotic vine is twisting through the Everglades, casting a deadly blanket of spring-green leaves over native trees, shrubs and plants. Spread by spores that ...

Q. I have allowed creeping fig to grow up my oak tree. Now I'm worried about damage to the tree. How would I remove it if I needed to? The tree is 30 feet tall, and the vine is 1 1/2-2 inches thick at ...

During the sultry summer months in the D.C. region, it's easy to spot invasive vines, climbing high into the tree canopy along roadways, smothering native plants and trees, and giving the mid-Atlantic ...