A vine running up the trunk of a large tree adds visual interest, and scores of attractive, vigorous vines are available to clothe tree trunks. Self-clinging vines -- those that climb using aerial ...

In this case the tree is a sapling black gum about four inches in diameter and the vine strangling it is invasive non-native Japanese honeysuckle. The small tree is attempting to grow over the ...

We can see how a casual passerby might mistake this green snake for a vine. A photographic work by Harsh / Getty Images Slender as a twig and perfectly camouflaged in trees, the vine snake is an ...

Those aren't the tree's leaves, but rather nasty vines growing up the trunk! Ivy, oriental bittersweet and other invasive vines easily grow out of control. Most escape from gardens or sprout from ...

There's a tree maintenance project that's important and often overlooked. All the ivy and other vines should be taken out of the tops of your trees, off the trunks and away from the bases of trees.

Greta Hoyt from Manchester Gardening visits Peggy Singlemann in the studio to explain why some vines are harmful if they are left to climb trees. Featured on VHG episode 2501, March 2025.

Healthy mature trees provide benefits to the surrounding community, such as creating habitat and shade, sequestering carbon and controlling erosion. But when invasive vines take hold, tree health ...

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No, it's not actually a tree that produces pumpkins. But somehow the pumpkin seeds Sandra Strohmeyer's granddaughter planted in her Lansing backyard grew vines that climbed up a fence. The vines ...