With a large tree there is always a risk of making it unstable if it is only cut back on one side. By employing a professional tree surgeon any issue further down the line should fall to them (excuse the pun) but make sure they have full insurance before they start.
My neighbour's vine has grown over the fence and climbed all over a tree in our Garden so that we can barely see our tree! Whose responsibility is it to remove this?. The leaves are very high and it would not be an easy job. Our neighbour appears to think that it's our problem…
Hi @ayesha.guillaume- where the vine comes over the fence [or under] you can cut it back there. The remaining stems will then die back to that point. You can then pull them off your tree as best you can , or let then just die and fall off.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We have a similar situation in this garden ... our big ash tree has some branches overhanging their garden ... they don’t mind this because they like the birds it attracts ... however their Mile a Minute vine often sends up tendrils into its branches and if they weren’t dealt with they would swamp our tree.
The neighbour’s husband works away from home a lot so we’ve come to an arrangement whereby once or twice a year, when the vine looks to be making another bid for world domination, we say to Mrs Neighbour ‘Is it ok if we pop round with the loppers and cut the vine back?’ and she says ‘Of course, help yourself ... I’ll leave the gate unlocked this afternoon’ ... and we pop round, do the job and put the prunings in our garden waste bin, the vine is cut down to size and neighbourly harmony is maintained. 😊
If cutting back the vine doesn’t involve going round to next door then just do the job. You are legally entitled to cut it back where it enters your property. You have to offer the branches back to the neighbour but if they don’t want them then they’re yours to dispose of.
It may be a big job if you’ve allowed it to get out of control, so you may need to get someone in to do it initially ... but after that if you keep on top of it, it shouldn’t be too onerous.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Don't worry about whingeing neighbours or whingers in general, If they are overhanging in your garden cut them back if you like. People will always whinge and moan it's human nature but I say bugger em. I did it to my neighbours crab apple tree that left inedible apples all over my lawn every year, he had a moan saying it looked unnatural and never spoke to me for 6 month and now he does
Pete8, we have a eucaliptus in our garden, it grows like wildfire, and gets cut back every few weeks. We also have neighbours trees overhanging, yes, you can cut them back, meant to return the branches, but can imagine that wouldnt go down very well!
There's allways two sides to all such situations. My gut feeling is that you have applied for planning permission to do something they objected to and there objections failed to stop whatever it is your planning to do. They feel bitter about or jeleous about your planning application approval and are being a pain. I'd just get on with it and prune back to the boundary line. I'd be tempted to take a good few photos before and after just in case things get out of control later. Wouldn't surprise me if they continue to complain to you and to your local council as your proposed works progresses in the future. Excessive noise etc etc etc etc To many vehicles, skips etc out front blocking others from parking and or getting in and out of driveways and so on
Pete8, we have a eucaliptus in our garden, it grows like wildfire, and gets cut back every few weeks. We also have neighbours trees overhanging, yes, you can cut them back, meant to return the branches, but can imagine that wouldnt go down very well!
You're not "meant" to return the branches.
You're meant to say "would you like these branches back?".
Can I just clarify - @Dovefromabove, @philippa smith2 and myself are answering a different query - one which was posted yesterday.
It helps to clarify replies by using the name of the poster if possible. That rather rude reply yesterday could have been misunderstood by @ayesha.guillaume . Just saying...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Can I just clarify - @Dovefromabove, @philippa smith2 and myself are answering a different query - one which was posted yesterday.
It helps to clarify replies by using the name of the poster if possible. That rather rude reply yesterday could have been misunderstood by @ayesha.guillaume . Just saying...
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If cutting back the vine doesn’t involve going round to next door then just do the job. You are legally entitled to cut it back where it enters your property. You have to offer the branches back to the neighbour but if they don’t want them then they’re yours to dispose of.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You're not "meant" to return the branches.
You're meant to say "would you like these branches back?".
An important difference.
It helps to clarify replies by using the name of the poster if possible. That rather rude reply yesterday could have been misunderstood by @ayesha.guillaume .
Just saying...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The little clan 😂😂