This vine will take over your garden in a hurry. I'm a garden writer, and here's why I'd never plant English ivy near my home ...

Keeping your yard healthy is especially hard when an unexpected plant is beating it for resources. Many invasive plants need little to no light, and don’t mind too much sun either. They’re adaptable, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English ivy can weaken and in some cases kill trees. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board) It will ...

You can nurture your garden for years, pour time and money into it, and still end up breaking the law with one plant. Across ...

Picture this: It's the start of spring, and you decide to fill your planters with an array of container-friendly plants. It's all happy gardens until a few months into summer, when everything but the ...

English ivy (Hedera helix), a heavy, woody vine with handsome, dark-green, waxy leaves, is believed to have been brought to the New World by European colonists in the 1700s. They likely appreciated ...

With its thick, shiny green leaves, English ivy, also known as Hedera helix, makes a statement when it is growing on tree trunks and walls. But whilst its popularity stems from its attractive ...

A common yard plant -- English ivy -- could be on its way out of Washington parks and gardens. According to Susan Hutton, executive director of the Whatcom Million Trees Project, the banned plants ...

English ivy (Hedera helix), a heavy, woody vine with handsome, dark-green, waxy leaves, is believed to have been brought to the New World by European colonists in the 1700s. They likely appreciated ...

English ivy can weaken and in some cases kill trees. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board) It will soon be illegal in Washington to buy or sell English ivy, the ...