We have English ivy AND Bamboo. It's not crazy but we do have to watch the trees. One neighbor is irate about it, but it's odd because their yard it an absolute disaster.

I get finding it to be a nuisance, but your rage is a little outsized. Is a neighbor's ivy growing on your structure or something? Did it kill a tree that fell or something? You can't control everything, and if you want to, consider moving to a lot with acreage.

Your understanding of its negative effects are outdated. Studies in the UK have shown it to be protective of their heritage sites and good for the environment. Study up!

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Anonymous wrote:It was there when I bought the house. Trying to control it-- but not my fault.

+1

+2 I hate it and spend hours annually trying to get rid of it.

Does this go in the Lawn & Garden section? Yeah, I've removed all of the English ivy on our interwar colonial. Moving to an all native plants strategy if possible by getting rid of the hollies and non-native dogwoods. It seems to be the trend these days.

Somebody planted it over half a century ago in my hood. But what I really cannot stand is winter creeper. Whoever planted that is long passed on to the next life.

I do think it’s annoying when people let it grow on the trees in their yards. Why not just cut down that tree if you don’t like it or don’t want to take care of it?

My neighbors have it, therefore I have it. It’s awful.

Virginia Creeper is native, looks better, turns brilliant red in fall. Or any variety of clematis is good. Ivy is a rat trap.

Are you the same person who chastised people who decorate for holidays saying that the decorations are trash and ruin our oceans? You need a Xanax.

I agree. It doesn't smell good when I try to pull it up. We rent a house with ivy and a zillion other vines and whenever I'm stressed I go outside and rip up everything as therapy. I also pull it off trees when we go walking in the park because if we just let it go, in 10 years those trees will all be dead.

Anonymous wrote:I love the look of it

And all the rats and mosquitoes that come with it.

Anonymous wrote:It was there when I bought the house. Trying to control it-- but not my fault.

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It was there when I bought the house. Trying to control it-- but not my fault.

I love the look of it

I can't stand you people who have ivy growing everywhere in your yard. It kills trees, invades your neighbors' properties, invites in rodents, and is a boon for horrible Asian tiger mosquitoes. Get rid of your damn ivy please. Why isn't it illegal already to have ivy in your yard? Horrible. And people who have it are terrible.