We had a similar situation on our back fence. It was only after the ivy had all died and I was clearing it, that I realised that almost all the roots were on the other side. When it was alive and in full growth I was convinced it was “ours”. Our only conclusion was that the owners had used weed killer on. They occasionally visit to mow and (used to) cut back the ivy, grumbling all the while- the land on that side is unused and lower than our garden so never had chance to ask.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
I mentioned the problem of them travelling too @Dovefromabove, and although it's certainly a wee bit harder for that when it's a wall, they can certainly gain access through gaps, or even underneath at times. They definitely do it very easily with a fence, as @Butterfly66 describes. It's certainly a possibility if the neighbours were applying weedkiller on the other side.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I mentioned the problem of them travelling too @Dovefromabove, and although it's certainly a wee bit harder for that when it's a wall, they can certainly gain access through gaps, or even underneath at times. They definitely do it very easily with a fence, as @Butterfly66 describes. It's certainly a possibility if the neighbours were applying weedkiller on the other side.
Or even if the neighbours cut through a main stem near the base ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It might be just bits of your ivy dying for a wide variety of reasons.
Tidy up and wait awhile.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's certainly a possibility if the neighbours were applying weedkiller on the other side.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...