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Saturday, April 5. 2025

Evil vines

Photo is English Ivy trying to suffocate Maples. Needed my mini-chain saw to slice up the vines at the bottom.


Other evil ones that thrive around here are Porcelainberry and Wisteria.


Fortunately, no Strangler Fig.

Posted by Bird Dog at 07:27 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Kudzu will kill the ivy, I hear.
#1 Talnik on 2025-04-05 13:02 (Reply)
Just down the coast from you oriental bittersweet is becoming a menace as well, it won't be long before you see it in your neighborhood.
#2 Dan D on 2025-04-05 16:57 (Reply)
Mistletoe is a problem in the south. Once a tree develops it, it's almost impossible to eradicate it, because its roots burrow into a tree's tissue, and steal its moisture and carbohydrates. Eventually the tree loses its vigor and starts collapsing under the weight. You have to climb up and physically cut it back periodically, or remove the entire limb.

English ivy: Doesn't a copper nail in the main trunk, down near the ground, kill it?
#3 Aggie on 2025-04-06 22:40 (Reply)
Here we have banyan trees, aka "strangler figs."

They start by wrapping themselves around a vertical tree then gradually send DOWN roots from the branches.

Very scary - brings back memories of Disney cartoons.

To cut ours back, away from the new house, we had to hire a witch doctor and kill a red chicken and a pig before any of the Filipino workers would take a saw to it.
#4 Whitehall on 2025-04-07 08:17 (Reply)

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