Rapid growth, usually a desirable characteristic of groundcover plants, can backfire. Some popular groundcovers are so aggressive that they choke out any other plants in their path. Attempts to remove ...

Some harmless plants are mistaken for poison ivy (young box elder seedlings, for instance) but you’ll know for sure if you develop an itchy rash after coming in contact with the sap, which contains ...

Question: One side of my front yard, between my driveway and the neighbor's lawn, is a narrow and steep slope that is 15 yards long and two to three yards wide. It is very difficult to mow, so I would ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Last week’s gardening column on the my years-long battle with invasive fish mint sparked a lot of interest and pleas for help. Some readers sent emails with nothing but subject ...