Next Door's Ivy

musey

Can someone advise on how to best proceed with a minor issue I have with neighbours.

I have a real thing about ivy, I hate the stuff growing on my property. My next door neighbour has recently planted ivy close to our boundry, said nasty creeping stuff is now making its horrible way over my property. I have cut it back several times but it keeps on coming. Short of going round in the dead of night with weedkiller is there anything I can do to keep it off my building. I have a fear (rightly or wrongly) that ivy is bad for the building structure and simply dislike the sight of it as well.

Thanks

ginger_nuts

talk to your neighbour ,tell them it is bad for the building and ask them to remove it .
if that dosent work then you are back to plan "A" weedkiller in the middle off the night . I think Ivy can be hard to get rid off .

Tassotti

Not sure if there is anything you can do, but I also hate the stuff.

Just spent 3 days removing ivy from one of my properties. The roots can go a long way underground and, yes, you are right, can cause damageto foundations (as can trees).

The stuff is a nightmare and needs constant pruning. Why should you have to do it? Have a word with the neighbour and tell him/her to come round twice a week and prune it back from your property

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jamminjamaica

i agree with the others. mention to the neigbour that you do not want ivy on your property and that you want them to keep it under control. if they do not then you will have no choice but to take care of it yourself.

try keep the peace though. nothing worse than living next to a trouble neighbour

clutton_2

if you do start to get rid of it, cut it off at the base, and let it die off naturally, then pull off the dead leaves later on - pulling established ivy from bricks/stones could remove some of the pointing at the same time.

missprice

ivy is awful stuff

i have spent years trying to rid my gardens of this stuff, to no avail. the pevious owner planted 3 "sprigs" spl of ivy and it then rampaged over my back (where it was originally planted) side and front gardens. i still have the stuff in side and front gardens. i have to constantly trim the stuff back. it is now moving to next door. i spend hours a week cutting it back and in the last year " i aint winning" !

ask neighbour very nicely to trim it on your side every week, and if that dont work resort to the weedkiller/burning/poison/etc defence

sxx

smudger1964

your are very correct in having a fear of ivy,the ivy I used to have growing on my house got up into my tiles and dislodged the end row of tiles costing me £600 in repairs to my roof tiles.I agree with previous posters try to talk to the neighbours explaining the damage ivy can cause.If they dont remove it i dont see what you can do apart from keep cutting back what is coming your side.It probably is tempting to sneak their side and kill the root but without their permission you could get in trouble with trespass and wilful damage so tread carefully.

Lord_Gardener

Ivy does have it's place in the garden and complements many a scheme! However, it does need to be controlled - planting in containers is a good idea! I agree with previous reply's that you must talk to your neighbour and explain the issues you are having - hopefully you can come to some agreement such as they keep it away from the boundry line and remember to return clippings to your neighbour! NB glyphosate on crushed foliage is very effective on seedlings growing on your side of the boundry!!

nickj_2

ivy will make a real mess of your walls with it's suckers , they are impossible to get off brickwork and paintwork