Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Virginia Creeper is a beautiful plant; the stems have five leaflets and are pleasantly attractive, especially in May when they ...

It doesn’t seem like we could already be at the end of July, but we are. The calendar year is more than half over and if you look closely you’ll some small signs of how things in nature are changing.

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Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) is a perennial native, woody, deciduous vine used by home gardeners as an ornamental because of its attractive foliage. Virginia creeper exhibits ...

Leaves of three, let it be. That’s the common expression to avoid run-ins with poison ivy and poison oak — common toxic-to-the-touch plants found in North Carolina’s Triangle area and beyond. Virginia ...

Every year it seems there is some plant that beckons me to speak in its defense, and to tout the benefits of including it in the landscape. Last year it was goldenrod, and hopefully some folks have ...

I received strong criticism from a reader who was not happy with my comment in a column that Virginia creeper is harmless. She declared that it would cause a horrible rash just like poison ivy does.