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Russian vine

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  • MyrtleSMyrtleS Posts: 8
    There's a reason it's called Russian vine. It's always rushin about. Old joke.
  • Holly 3Holly 3 Posts: 36
    You are brave!
    Our old neighbour had it in his garden and in a year it covered the whole garden, ate two mature trees and pushed into all our gardens. We would have to cut it back every week from our garden as he left it completely. App its related to Japanese Knotweed but not illegal. I think it should be. It was the bane of my existence!!!
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It is the bane of many people's lives.
  • Back when I didn't know much about these things I planted one to cover an old shed. Unfortunately it didn't recognise where my boundary was and the neighbours were cursing me for years for the massive invasion into their garden. It grow so fast that you can practically see it growing!
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    They have one next door, it's taken over the far fence, up into the trees and is trying to cover the old folks home next door, I'm just thankful it's not on my side.  Iv'e noticed it taking over whole roadside hedgerows in the wild, it can be a real menace.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364
    I had one once, in a garden where the water table easily reached four inches below the soil surface after a wet summer. It certainly finished off the Russian Vine for me. 

    That was the problem of living in an area where the word "clay" is part of the address.  Now I live very near a place with "Sand" in the title.   



    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

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