Q: Is there any way in the world to kill fig ivy? Would salting the roots kill it? — C.B., Houston A: This attractive, but aggressive vine can be a nightmare. Digging, and digging again, is tiresome, ...

Q: How common is it for fig ivy to produce figs? My vine has lemon-sized fruit. — J.D., Houston A: We don't often see the fruit, as we frequently prune this aggressive vine. But mature, horizontal ...

The thought of fig ivy really drove readers up the wall. "It's because I love you so much that I have to write and warn you about the dreaded fig ivy that you plan to plant on your garage wall," wrote ...

I never knew so many of you cared. After I shared the landscape plan for my backyard a few weeks ago, many armchair landscapers among you wrote to warn me about the woes of palm trees, bamboo and fig ...

I never knew so many of you cared. After sharing the landscape plan for my backyard a few weeks ago, many armchair landscapers among you wrote to warn me about the woes of palm trees, bamboo and fig ...

Dear Neil: I am very concerned about a wall of fig ivy that was apparently frozen in the recent cold. It looks like it is entirely lost. It had been doing very well for several years, partially due to ...

Q. I have just gotten my soil test results back from Texas A&M. They seem really odd because I want to work up a vegetable garden area, and the tests say I should add only nitrogen. Don't I want ...

I never knew so many of you cared. After sharing the landscape plan for my backyard a few weeks ago, many armchair landscapers among you wrote to warn me about the woes of palm trees, bamboo and fig ...