I've got you in a stranglehold baby. If trees, mailboxes, shrubs and fences could sing, perhaps this line from Ted Nugent's self-titled 1975 album would be the cover song. By their very nature, vines ...

Grape vines were around long before human beings domesticated them. Today, we bend them to our will with trellis systems, pruning, and propagation through cuttings. But their life cycle remains ...

Mairi Beautyman is a design writer who has written for Interior Design, Huffington Post, Wired, Art News, Architectural Record, Azure Magazine, The Robb Report, and more. The fast-growing black-eyed ...

It is probably a toss-up as to which is ahead in the marathon to take over The Berkshires — Oriental bittersweet, Riverbank Grape or Virginia creeper. The bittersweet with its yellow and orange fruits ...