"mickeblue" wrote in message
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It keeps more or less to its' original root (spreads a bit, but not much).
However, make sure you've got a strong fence 'cos it may get picked up and
moved with the spreading vine.
A friend of mine grew one up a factory wall at the bottom of her garden,
and
it wasn't long before the buildings owners were getting on her case
because
the plant had actually burst through the mortar, and into their building!
I took one out two years ago as having covered the panel fence - which was
what I wanted it to do - it then strangled a small Willow and a Hebe. I
thought I had got all of the root out, but last year few tendrils started
to
appear. These were treated with glyphosate, and it now appears to be gone
for good.
I will NEVER plant another!
Good Luck.

"iamhere" wrote in message
om...
My father wants to cover a large wire fence quickly and I have come
across the above. I know it is a quick grower, I know it can be
invasive, but this is not a problem as long as you can kill it dead if
need be. In other words we want to try it out and if we find it to be
tooooo overwhelming we can get rid of it. How does it spread? Is it
by seed (hard to kill off) or by underground spread (hard to kill
off), or does it keep to its original stem and spread from there (if
you know what I mean!), and so easy to get rid of. Any help would be
appreciated.


My next door neighbours, who are expert gardeners, tried and failed to grow
Russian vine to cover the end wall of another neighbour's garage, so the
stuff isn't invincible. (One imagines it had an assisted demise.)

I have also removed one from my garden, but to little avail as it appears to
have rooted in the (yet another) neighbouring garden and is attempting a
counter offensive.

In the main, it spreads from it's original location, and sounds ideal for
your intended application, but it might take you a year or two to get rid
(you should see the roots!).