A well-chosen, specific, commercial weedkiller used following the instructions carefully, is always best. For a handy quick killer of leaves of annual or other small weeds, I sometimes use malt vinegar. Food grade. I also put it on my chips.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
The size of the main 'trunk' suggests it might be better using a stump killer or similar, in the way @philippasmith2 describes. You can certainly kill them off by constantly cutting back, but you'd need to decide if that's feasible - it will largely depend on when you want to put other planting into the bed. You don't want to be trampling anything new
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A well-chosen, specific, commercial weedkiller used following the instructions carefully, is always best. For a handy quick killer of leaves of annual or other small weeds, I sometimes use malt vinegar. Food grade. I also put it on my chips.
Annual/small weeds were not part of the query as you well know. However, good to see that you have finally understood about weedkillers and their application. Well done !!
@Bramble55 Ivy can leave marks on walls as you have found. It can be difficult to remove these marks and often impossible.
It is a dilemma when you are new to gardening whether or not to use chemicals. If a plant cannot photosynthesize then it cannot grow.
I would check it isn't finding it's way under the board at the top. I have seen it growing on a garage wall and growing inside too.
Ivy can get a' bad press' but it can also be a home for birds, bats and all sorts of insects. The RHS have also looked at the possibility of Ivy protecting a wall, stopping water reaching the brickwork
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
I agree @GardenerSuze - as mentioned the weedkiller is a last resort but in the scenario given, it seemed to me, at least, the best solution.. Ivy is so often seen as a problem and it can be in certain circumstances. I have a lot in my garden - the flowers are visited by various insects and now berries are starting to form and they will provide food for the wildlife. They also provide nesting sites for both the Blackbirds and Robins in my garden as well as roosting places. Removing unwanted ivy from a house wall can certainly take both time and effort particularly if the wall is rough rendered rather than smooth. Brickwork is equally difficult. As for creeping inside a building - yes it will do that if given the tiniest chance. My garage presently has about much Ivy on the inside as the outside - also a Robin nest so worth it
I like ivy, but it comes down to whether you want it or not, and it can certainly take over a site very quickly. Mine grows inside the shed roof, although it doesn't usually survive for long. I think @Bramble55 wants some other colour in what is a pretty small area [going by the other thread] so another climber on the wall would be better, and would also cover any bits of root left by removing the ivy. Conditions will be quite dry though, as the site is south facing. Perhaps we can give her some ideas on the other thread here https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1076682/what-to-plant-here/p1 I actually meant to suggest Escallonia for an evergreen for the site, but forgot. The white one would probably survive no bother there and would be good against those lovely walls.
Have you taken some painkillers @philippasmith2? Banging your head on a wall can be very sore....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like ivy, but it comes down to whether you want it or not, and it can certainly take over a site very quickly. Mine grows inside the shed roof, although it doesn't usually survive for long. I think @Bramble55 wants some other colour in what is a pretty small area [going by the other thread] so another climber on the wall would be better, and would also cover any bits of root left by removing the ivy. Conditions will be quite dry though, as the site is south facing. Perhaps we can give her some ideas on the other thread here https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1076682/what-to-plant-here/p1 I actually meant to suggest Escallonia for an evergreen for the site, but forgot. The white one would probably survive no bother there and would be good against those lovely walls.
Have you taken some painkillers @philippasmith2? Banging your head on a wall can be very sore....
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"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
You can certainly kill them off by constantly cutting back, but you'd need to decide if that's feasible - it will largely depend on when you want to put other planting into the bed. You don't want to be trampling anything new
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It is a dilemma when you are new to gardening whether or not to use chemicals.
If a plant cannot photosynthesize then it cannot grow.
I would check it isn't finding it's way under the board at the top. I have seen it growing on a garage wall and growing inside too.
Ivy can get a' bad press' but it can also be a home for birds, bats and all sorts of insects. The RHS have also looked at the possibility of Ivy protecting a wall, stopping water reaching the brickwork
Ivy is so often seen as a problem and it can be in certain circumstances. I have a lot in my garden - the flowers are visited by various insects and now berries are starting to form and they will provide food for the wildlife. They also provide nesting sites for both the Blackbirds and Robins in my garden as well as roosting places.
Removing unwanted ivy from a house wall can certainly take both time and effort particularly if the wall is rough rendered rather than smooth. Brickwork is equally difficult.
As for creeping inside a building - yes it will do that if given the tiniest chance. My garage presently has about much Ivy on the inside as the outside - also a Robin nest so worth it
I think @Bramble55 wants some other colour in what is a pretty small area [going by the other thread] so another climber on the wall would be better, and would also cover any bits of root left by removing the ivy. Conditions will be quite dry though, as the site is south facing.
Perhaps we can give her some ideas on the other thread here
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1076682/what-to-plant-here/p1
I actually meant to suggest Escallonia for an evergreen for the site, but forgot. The white one would probably survive no bother there and would be good against those lovely walls.
Have you taken some painkillers @philippasmith2? Banging your head on a wall can be very sore....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...