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need help id'ing vine with hairy roots

17 years ago

At first galnce I warned my neighbor that she had Poison Ivy growing on her fence. This fence seperates her yard from the same woods that border behind my house but she is one street over. But upon close inspection I realized I was worng. I have never seen this vine in the woods behind me. The bare stems were covered with short hairy roots that caused them to cling flat against her privacy fence (which is why I thought it was Poison Ivy until I got closer to it) then I discovered that it had somewhat oval shaped leaves on the few stems that I discovered leaves, they appeared to grow in opposites, but since there were very few leaves that was not certain. However there were enough leaves that I could tell they were definitley not "leaves of 3" and did not resemble Poison Ivy." Any idas what this might be? She had quite a lot of it.

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buford

17 years ago

Trumpet vine does that. Did you see the vine in the summer?

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Kathy Bochonko
Original Author
17 years ago
No I just saw it the other day and my first reaction was "oh man you better get all that Poison Ivy off of your fence." She has two small kids and is clueless about anything gardening related and was asking me for some advice as to what to plant along her new deck. The leaves do not look like trumpet vine, they are more oval shaped. At first I thought maybe there were two different vines growing together but I did see the same leaves on one of the hairy vines.
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Iris GW
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Kathy Bochonko
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks I think that is what it is, I would hve to go look at it again in later spring to know for sure but I actually had seen that in the woods behind my house and forgot about it's hairy roots, so that would make sense. How easy would it be for me to steal some from her? Can I just cut off a section? It is growing across her gate so I know she will need to cut that part off, can I root it from that?
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Iris GW
17 years ago
I have not propagated it. It seems pretty willing to live (if you know what I mean), so I would just try to get a section with some roots. Or take a cutting and dip it in root hormone and try that. I have a few in pots - ones that popped up where I did not want them (like in the path) and could always share them with you.
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Kathy Bochonko
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks, let me see what I can get from hers and if I can't get any to take I may take you up on your offer.
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bevinga
17 years ago
Hi,
I found this site to be very helpful last summer.

Identifying Poison Ivy

Good Luck avoiding the itchy stuff!
Beverly
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