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gsdfandfgsdfandf Posts: 114
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Hi Lads & Lassies, Help required again for the ID & advice on this shrub/tree. It's app 15' tall with a spread of app 8' It's growing at an angle which is a pain when mowing, so it'll have to be chopped back as I did 2yrs ago, but can't remember at what time of year I did the deed?
Any help greatly appreciated.

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    "mature" growth on variegated ivy
    Devon.
  • gsdfandfgsdfandf Posts: 114
    Thanks for that, & for hacking back? as can be seen, there's berries aplenty. Although It didn't take long to re-establish its appearance, when I hacked it back.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd not. It's great for birds nesting and for bees in winter. 
    If you want to cut it back, I'd do it in Spring to let it grow back before winter again. 
    Devon.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Make it late winter or very early spring before the birds start nesting for the cutting back.
    Is it completely freestanding, or is there a support buried somewhere under there?


    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • gsdfandfgsdfandf Posts: 114
    Advice taken, thanks. It is free standing, but the angle of tilt is dramatic when you see the path in the first photo. But it is well anchored root wise.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    There will have been a support of some sort originally for the ivy to climb up before it reached its arboreal stage, which is when it produces flowers and fruit, but that was obviously many years ago and whatever it was has probably disintegrated now and the ivy stems have thickened up. 

    However they won’t ever be strong enough to support a lot of weight so it will be good if you can keep the weight centralised to prevent it leaning, otherwise I fear that it may snap. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • gsdfandfgsdfandf Posts: 114
    @ Dovefromabove, that's a difficult one, as the ivy in question is in a location where a support added now would need to be anchored in the lawn. It is next to a well established Rowan Tree, climbing roses, Holly & Honeysuckle, which has made it's way to the top of the Rowen, fabulous when all in flower. I'll do the necessary as advised, but I have no worries about it's stability. Cheers.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Then I suspect there is still a sturdy support intact in the centre of all that ivy. That’s good 👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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