Skin irritation, redness, itching—you know the signs. If you’ve been out in the garden recently and have come away with a nasty rash, you may have gotten yourself into a patch of poison ivy. Poison ...

For the past few summers, Elkins Park homeowner Laura Frank has been managing the poison ivy in her yard on her own. This year, though, the patch in her front yard exploded, seemingly overnight. “I ...

Poison ivy usually grows as a vine, but can also take on a bushy form. It can grow anywhere and its appearance changes throughout the year, and it looks like dozens of innocent plants, such as ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Most of us have heard the old saying, likely from adults trying to protect us when we were young and inexperienced: “Leaves of three, let it be.” But is that truly an accurate ...

Just the mention of the words “poison ivy” may have some of you itching already. The Johnson County Extension gardening hotline receives numerous requests for identification and control each summer.

Every gardener should know how to get rid of poison ivy when it pops up around the yard. If the sap from this plant comes in contact with your skin, a chemical called urushiol in the sap can cause ...

A few years ago I was leading a group of Merrimack College ecology students on a nature walk, when one of them pointed to a vine with five leaflets per leaf, and asked if it was poison ivy. “No,” I ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - At some point, most of us will either come into contact with poison ivy or know someone with the telltale rash. According to the CDC, roughly 90 percent of people exposed to the ...

There are two common types of leaf diseases on English ivy found in Illinois. One is caused by fungi and the other is caused by a bacterium. Both diseases can cause defoliation if severe, but your ivy ...