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 ...

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 ...