The foundations should be a lot further down that the paving.

If this is a continuous concrete path I suggest you go to your local hire
shop and hire a grinder or cutter suitable for the job, use it to cut the
section you wish to remove, that way you will have a nice neat edge. It will
also stop the rest of the path from cracking when you break out the bit you
want to remove.

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Prof Rollerball wrote in message
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Hi Amanda!

Thanks for the tip. I imagined that would be the case, it's just that I
think the concrete might be quite thick, part of the house's foundations.
I'll investigate further.

Thanks, Rick


"amanda pope" wrote in message
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The plant will grow in the container but you would be much better off
lifting a slab, excavating the construction material and replacing with
soil.

Your container will dry out rapidly in the summer and you will risk
loosing
the plant if you go on holiday

when your container disintegrates you will be left with a difficult job
to
replace it.

The container will check the growth of the creeper and you may not get
the
desired results.

As usual a little hard work now will pay dividends in the future.


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Prof Rollerball wrote in
message
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Hi!

I would like to train Virginia Creeper over the back wall of our
house,
which is surrounded by a paved area with concrete underneath. I don't
want
to have to dig through the concrete, so I wonder would Virginia
Creeper
grow
well if planted in a large planter box, say 2ft x 2ft x 18in deep?
(That
is
the size of hole filled with prepared soil a gardeing book suggests.)

Cheers, Rick