When we moved here the garden fences were covered with ivy. You couldn’t see the fences at all … it looked like a hedge … it seemed that the owners before last had kept the ivy neatly clipped tight to the fence to create the image of an ivy hedge.
However the house had been bought by a chap who lived here on his own and ignored the garden other than to sit in it on sunny days. The ivy grew thicker and developed into its arboreal form, flowering and fruiting as it reached the top of the fence and becoming very top heavy. We knew we had to cut this back hard … it was several feet wide.
But, less than a week after we’d moved in there was a heavy rainstorm during the night. We woke to find the weight of the rainwater on the ivy had pulled down seven fence panels along the side of the garden …. the resulting clear-up filled two large skips and cost a lot of money in digging out and totally re-fencing the entire back garden. However we did gain several square yards of usable garden.
The voice of experience says … don’t let new ivy growth cover your fence …. however, if it’s already there, keep it clipped close to the fence and don’t let the top get bushy unless you want a big re-fencing bill in two or three years’ time.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just keep it trimmed. You may decide to get rid of it when you've been there a while, especially if the fence isn't in very good condition, but see how you get on and take a view on that later. If you're able to plant in front of it [it looks as if there's various things there already] it might change your view of it. As long as you can access it for cutting back, it would be worth waiting to see how it all looks over summer
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't know why my comment was deleted but still waiting for a response on how things go down with the neighbor's fence any pictures of the new one would be great because I'm in the middle of something similar but the fence that I will build it will be on my property and any advice on what green ivy wall to put would be nice.
Probably @designerplantsusa it was because your post appeared to be advertising a product ... that, coupled with the trawling up of an old thread by someone with a 'name' which is the same as a business in the USA marketing 'fake greenery' ... sorry 'lifelike artificial plants' with which to 'invigorate properties' ... tends to be a bit of a giveaway ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Probably @designerplantsusa it was because your post appeared to be advertising a product ... that, coupled with the trawling up of an old thread by someone with a 'name' which is the same as a business in the USA marketing 'fake greenery' ... sorry 'lifelike artificial plants' with which to 'invigorate properties' ... tends to be a bit of a giveaway ...
Yes, I inserted a link from where I would buy the fence but didn't know which one to choose, so any help from someone who has fake walls can give advice on which one is good for decorating an outdoor fence.
Ah well … you really have made a huge mistake then @designerplantsusa … not only is your name advertising a business, but you’re posting on a forum that is about gardening … ie growing things … not about installing artificial greenery … or ‘fake walls’ as you so charmingly put it 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yup, I know I made the profile while searching for a green ivy wall for decorating the garden and that was the place where I look for something like that.
If you were genuinely looking there for purchasing, why didn't you just ask them to advise, instead of posting here with a dodgy profile @designerplantsusa? Surely that would be the sensible solution, especially as the thread is about a real plant not a plastic one
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you're able to plant in front of it [it looks as if there's various things there already] it might change your view of it. As long as you can access it for cutting back, it would be worth waiting to see how it all looks over summer
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Surely that would be the sensible solution, especially as the thread is about a real plant not a plastic one
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...