Re: OT: Training English Ivy
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Training English Ivy
- From: h*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:22:36 EST
From: hipsource@aol.com
In a message dated 3/9/00 10:40:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, ddbro@llano.net
writes:
<< I am trying to train english ivy up a tree but can't figure out how to
anchor it to the tree without hurting the tree. >>
As others have said you may wish to reconsider training ivy or any heavy
perennial vine up a living tree, even a large one.
If, however, you are determined to do so please know that the ivy will mount
the tree of its own accord and pull itself upward by means of structures
which form along the stems. As it becomes fully arboreal you may see changes
in the leaf form and the ivy may bloom and fruit. As I recall this takes
something like eight to ten years of untrimmed growth.
If you want to try this idea for aesthetic reasons, you may wish to try one
of the miniature ivies which exert less pressure, insinuate themselves into
the bark with less force, harbor fewer deterimental life forms, and are more
easily kept under control. I have a very large magnolia which is limbed up
and underplanted with liriope and miniature ivy. The ivy moves up the trunk
in a picturesque manner and when it reaches head high I cut it back and thin
it out. I use the little trailing ivy with heart shaped leaves and miniature
variegated ivy and I like the effect.
A book which will tell you a great deal about ivy and how to enjoy it is
IVIES, by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Anner Whitehead
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