Re: English Ivy
But, Janet, it really doesn't matter -- artistic license, you know.
linda lee wrote:
> Janet:
>
> English Ivy will grow up, into and over anything that isn't moving.
> I have it in pine trees, spruce trees, willows, ....................
> I pull it out, my neighbors plant it.
>
> A number of years ago, we moved into a brick house that had ivy covering
> the entire east side of the house. Deciding that the ivy was mkaing the
> brick hold water, my husband and brother decided to tear it off one
> weekend. The stuff was so thick, the stems easily 3" in diameter.
> Unable to cut through it from the bottom, they decided to crawl out the
> attic windows (3rd floor), push it away from wall, and then chop it away
> from the wall. In effect, they rode it to the ground.
> In tearing it apart, we discovered two large trellises had been
> completely hidden by it.
>
> Your sister-in-law can safely use the word pine or oak in her poem.
>
> Linda Wallpe
> Cincinnati
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