We have many very large trees that we have "allowed" ivy to climb (innocently at first)..but now the ivy has reached the top and is blooming so it is like a shrub coming out all over the trunk. We have cut the roots of a few down in the woods and it has started to wilt but looks horrible. I don't want to cut the one right out front of the den window because I am afraid it will look worse than the ivy. The tree is probably 150 + feet tall. Any suggestions? Or just leave for the next generation......ivy loses its' ability to climb when it blooms. I believe it has to reach a certain age to bloom. It looks like this!
Ivy on trees
From what I have heard . . . umm Ivy kills the tree. It can cause big problems with the tree falling on the house or such... I hope someone who knows a little more then hearsay can help you with this... Mitch
With a tree this size it will not kill it (at least as long as I am alive) I think maybe smaller trees it will. Actually I would not mind if it did kill it and then I would have more sun! Problem is it would cost a fortune to remove it. so here it stands!
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