A wooden lattice fence came down in a recent storm,
with a load of very old variegated ivy entwined in the lattice.
I'd like to save the ivy, or at least some of it, if possible.
(The lattice is beyond salvation.)

Some of the stems are very thick, about 2cm in diameter.
I'm wondering if I should cut some of these,
and keep the longer branches with foliage on them,
or if I should just cut back all the foliage
leaving these ancient stems?
Are they likely to create new foliage?

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Timothy Murphy
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tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
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"Timothy Murphy" wrote ...
A wooden lattice fence came down in a recent storm,
with a load of very old variegated ivy entwined in the lattice.
I'd like to save the ivy, or at least some of it, if possible.
(The lattice is beyond salvation.)

Some of the stems are very thick, about 2cm in diameter.
I'm wondering if I should cut some of these,
and keep the longer branches with foliage on them,
or if I should just cut back all the foliage
leaving these ancient stems?
Are they likely to create new foliage?

I used to prune mine hard back to old stems and it resprouted quite quickly,
got rid of it eventually.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:52:20 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:

A wooden lattice fence came down in a recent storm, with a load of very
old variegated ivy entwined in the lattice. I'd like to save the ivy, or
at least some of it, if possible. (The lattice is beyond salvation.)

Some of the stems are very thick, about 2cm in diameter. I'm wondering
if I should cut some of these, and keep the longer branches with foliage
on them, or if I should just cut back all the foliage leaving these
ancient stems?
Are they likely to create new foliage?

Try stopping them!

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On Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:52:20 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
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Are they likely to create new foliage?

Try stopping them!

And if you are uncertain just take some cuttings as a back-up. Simply
cut off some stems about a foot long and insert them into the ground the
same way up that they were growing. I have done this a number of times
to create several new plants.

--
Compo

Absolutely - one of the world's great survivors. Can only really be killed off by chemical means. Just cut it back and let it alone.

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says...
A wooden lattice fence came down in a recent storm,
with a load of very old variegated ivy entwined in the lattice.
I'd like to save the ivy, or at least some of it, if possible.
(The lattice is beyond salvation.)

Some of the stems are very thick, about 2cm in diameter.
I'm wondering if I should cut some of these,
and keep the longer branches with foliage on them,
or if I should just cut back all the foliage
leaving these ancient stems?
Are they likely to create new foliage?


Prune it hard as only the new stems attach and it will just look a mess
if you try and tie it back in
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

On 7 Feb, 12:51, Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article ,
says... A wooden lattice fence came down in a recent storm,
with a load of very old variegated ivy entwined in the lattice.
I'd like to save the ivy, or at least some of it, if possible.
(The lattice is beyond salvation.)

Some of the stems are very thick, about 2cm in diameter.
I'm wondering if I should cut some of these,
and keep the longer branches with foliage on them,
or if I should just cut back all the foliage
leaving these ancient stems?
Are they likely to create new foliage?

Prune it hard as only the new stems attach and it will just look a mess
if you try and tie it back in
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

With a 2 inch stem you could probably nail it back onto the new fence.
David Hill