If you were a Girl Scout or a Boy Scout, you probably heard the adage "leaves of three, let them be" to deter you from getting poison ivy rash. And, while it is true that a poison ivy leaf contains ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - With the warm spring weather, plants are growing, including the poisonous variety such as poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. These plants have a substance called ...

It might be tempting to remove poison ivy in the winter when the plant is relatively dormant, but there are several reasons ...

Gardeners love fast-growing plants that don’t need a ton of care and that will grow anywhere, no matter what the conditions. However, there’s one vigorous native plant we don’t want in our gardens: ...

We are in peak poison ivy season in our area. That means poison ivy is at its worst and doing its best to spread to you. Master gardeners say poison ivy is kind of a master of disguise. It can hide in ...