"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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I planted an ivy the year before last against a house wall,
and it is not about 3 metres high.
It has a trellis up to about 2.5 metres,
but now it is growing above this.

My wife wants to cut it back because she thinks it will damage the house,
but I think that is a myth ...


Your wife is not alone! we no longer sell it because its bad rep means we
never got to sell any. That said on sound brickwork with good pointing
its fine, but, and its an important but, never let it get anywhere close
to the gutter or roof as it will get under slates and tiles destroy
roofing felt and block gutters and down pipes. also keep an eye on it
that it has not started to go somewhere you didn't want it as over time
they can spread far beyond where you originaly wanted it.
My house is mostly Cob so it would be very stupind putting ivy on a mud
house so I don't
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

:-((

Ivy all over one corner of the Theatre.

Photos were taken when we had just got the keys :-)) .

http://www.myalbum.com/Album-XDFS7KS...-of-Other.html

Mike

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