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Boston ivy and creeping fig are good aggressive vines for freeway overpasses and soundwalls. They are resilient despite harsh exposures and pollution, and help to muffle the sound of traffic. Boston ...

Climbers and vines are incredibly versatile and useful plants. They're practical and beautiful additions to any landscape. For instance, if you can't grow trees for a natural privacy screen in your ...

Climbers can transform any garden, whatever the size. Whether you have a small urban balcony or large rural plot, using one or two of the easiest climbers that are fast-growing and resilient will help ...

A: I loved the direction I could go with this question to my radio show! Let’s talk about 2 categories here: Flowering vines, and then fast-climbers for a wall or fence. There are many flowering vines ...

So many of the vines that we enjoy in our gardens might not be so appealing if we knew how they behave in the wild. Many of their characteristics that are often practical in garden situations are ...

Among misleading botanical names, creeping fig — Ficus pumila — ranks high on the list. That’s because the name translates to ‘’dwarf’’ or ‘’puny’’ fig, and there’s nothing puny about this ...

Fig vines are taking over the legendary Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville, according to LSU Ag Extension Agent Stuart Gauthier and Lafayette arborist Jim Foret. The officials told the St. Martinville ...

Vertical gardening is one of the hottest gardening trends right now. It's been burning bright for a couple of years. In June, the search engine Bing featured vertical gardening and gardening expert ...

Even if you don’t grow edible fruits, it’s likely you’ve grown some sort of ornamental fig. They range from creeping vines to majestic trees, most of them tropical, in which case they can make ...