Sounds like you have had a bad experience Treehugger.
Although it has got overgrown here, I haven't touched it since we arrived in April and not sure it was touched for few months before that, it seems only to have got taller, and not spread anywhere? Are there perhaps different types, some more invasive than others?
Thanks for the warning though, will keep my eye on it for now.
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Hate to disappoint you Alan, but that looks very much like honeysuckle, not clematis....
If you have the means just now, I'd get rid of the willow too DD, but if not, I think all you can do is get it into a manageable sort of state and tackle it properly next year, as it's a soul destroying job keeping it in check and you have loads of other things on your plate which will be more rewarding to sort. Also, you mentioned that it's round a trellis and more ornamental plants, so it's possibly been put there as an 'instant barrier' initially, but if left alone it's just going to swallow everything else up and take over .
As the others have said, clear anything away that you hack off in case you end up with more than you started out with!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
DD willow isn't invasive in the sense that ground elder is, but the roots are extensive and can be damaging and the annual growth is enormous, more so with every year
my old house had a person at the far end of my garden who decided to plant a willow hedge with bamboos mixed in, then did nothing to it for three years,
in the end (after trying to reason with them for months) I had to take a chainsaw to the end of my garden to get back to the fence one summer (while they were on holiday) and lots of weedkiller and digging to remove the bamboo roots, the 'hedge' is still there, 30 feet tall and growing (luckily I don't live there anymore!)
Sorry Honey it is clems is the other side of arch, Fairy and Nut many thanks for all your vigilance ,,good word eh, from sunny heavy winds very cool Norfolk
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remove the willow hedge ASAP, they can be a TOTAL nightmare once established if they are not regularly (like once a week) trimmed!
Sounds like you have had a bad experience Treehugger.
Although it has got overgrown here, I haven't touched it since we arrived in April and not sure it was touched for few months before that, it seems only to have got taller, and not spread anywhere? Are there perhaps different types, some more invasive than others?
Thanks for the warning though, will keep my eye on it for now.
Hate to disappoint you Alan, but that looks very much like honeysuckle, not clematis....
If you have the means just now, I'd get rid of the willow too DD, but if not, I think all you can do is get it into a manageable sort of state and tackle it properly next year, as it's a soul destroying job keeping it in check and you have loads of other things on your plate which will be more rewarding to sort. Also, you mentioned that it's round a trellis and more ornamental plants, so it's possibly been put there as an 'instant barrier' initially, but if left alone it's just going to swallow everything else up and take over .
As the others have said, clear anything away that you hack off in case you end up with more than you started out with!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You're right re Alan's plant Fairy
DD willow isn't invasive in the sense that ground elder is, but the roots are extensive and can be damaging and the annual growth is enormous, more so with every year
In the sticks near Peterborough
my old house had a person at the far end of my garden who decided to plant a willow hedge with bamboos mixed in, then did nothing to it for three years,
in the end (after trying to reason with them for months) I had to take a chainsaw to the end of my garden to get back to the fence one summer (while they were on holiday) and lots of weedkiller and digging to remove the bamboo roots, the 'hedge' is still there, 30 feet tall and growing (luckily I don't live there anymore!)
Sorry Honey it is clems is the other side of arch, Fairy and Nut many thanks for all your vigilance ,,good word eh,
from sunny heavy winds very cool Norfolk