What type of vine is this? It's been growing for decades..
Has amazing blue flowers. Growing on fence mixed in with regular ivy.
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Comments (23)Thanks all. Note that in addition to being a gardener, I love birds and in fact try to attract them to my yard via feeders, birdbaths etc. So I would never want to wantonly remove a haven for birds. However, I also understand the value of trees, which are unfortunately grossly under-appreciated, and their contributions grossly misunderstood, by most people in NYC. So this is why if I think a tree is at risk, that I should do what I can to save it. I also read a terrific book recently, "Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in our Gardens", and it talked about this very thing...how non-native plants (such as English Ivy) can dessimate native plants/trees. As for those who mentioned that sometimes the ivy itself helps to anchor a tree, well I'd imagine that if a tree needs that kind of help in keeping upright, chances are it wasn't much longer for this world to begin with. But I'd suspect that in many instances, it's a case of ivy simply growing up and eventually masking an entirely healthy tree, and that eventually the ivy will block out its ability to take in sun. So at this point I still plan to cut as much of the ivy as I can without damaging the tree bark itself. Tx!...See Morewhat I've been growing...capturing wild yeast...
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Comments (5)Thanks to both of you for the answers. The pictures were lovely! I do like your garden look. You replied even if you have large spruces with ground covers around it, it wont harm neither. The ground cover may try to crawl under the spruces, but it won't matter. Thanks for that statement. That is what my main concern was so now I feel better. What about something like a sea green juniper planted near a Colorado blue spruce? I don't know why but I thought I heard if you have a Colorado blue spruce and let low lying shrubs etc grow into them that the Colorado blue spruce tree quits growing where it touches the other shrub hedge etc. Do I need to be concerned about that? Can various evergreen shrubs of various sizes be planted in the bed with the Colorado blue spruce trees? And yes they will no doubt in time grown together. Is this all bad? Or do you remove the evergreen shrubs as the trees and the shrubs get larger and closer together? Thanks again!...See MoreWhat have you been able to grow from cuttings?
Comments (18)Here's some pics of what I've done this year. This area has countless cuttings of various Tradescantias and Callisias. There's also some spiderwort (also Tradescantia) and Talinum paniculatum (jewels of Opar) here, that I left in place when pulling up the "lawn grasses." Another area "landscaped" with cuttings of Coleus, Plectranthus, Begonias. The snake plants (Sansevieria) are not from cuttings, but putting them in the ground for temporary summer vacation causes them to grow a TON of new pups/rosettes. This is a Plumeria cutting, severed from mama plant about 2 yrs ago. Doesn't look like it's going to bloom this year yet, but getting BIG! The legs rusted off of this old grill, so I hung it and filled with cuttings of Perilla 'Magilla,' Coleus, Tradescantias & Callisias. Various Begonias. Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus,) Coleus, arrowhead vine (Syngonium,) Tradescantia fluminensis. Mezoo (Aptenia cordifolia) cutting that was recently shared with me via mail (in a box.) After a few weeks, it has taken root & is blooming. Plectranthus verticillata. The little Hydrangeas in the front of this pic were propagated last year. The elephant ears (Colocasia esculenta) are all divisions from a bin-bulb from Lowe's that I got back in OH almost 20 yrs ago. Various Philodendron vines....See More
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
8 years ago
gyr_falcon
8 years ago
Carrie B
8 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
8 years agojohnthelandlord (Los Angeles California, Zone 10B)
8 years agoThe vine itself is always there year round. So, that would be perennial right? If it was an annual variety it would die off can come back. It covers a large area.
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