English Ivy seems to be creeping everywhere.

[jrt_ms1995]

Nothing wrong with bradford pears. I get plenty of pears off of the tree. And the tree looks nice. The Ivy hasn't found it yet either. The tree sits by itself. The only thing somewhat near is a Willow. Love to eat the pears. They can nicely too. Great for pies. Can't hardly tell the difference between pear or apple pie.

Bradford pears do not produce a fruit one can eat; they're much too small. You probably have a Bartlett pear.

 

[Gilligan]

Bradford pears do not produce a fruit one can eat; they're much too small. You probably have a Bartlett pear.

Good point. I had a Bartlett pear tree for many years..it was a prolific fruit producer, dropping bushels of them on the ground every year. It was old when a hurricane took it out. I have one oriental pear tree that's always a good producer of very large pears. I see it's in full bloom now.

 

[3CATSAILOR]

I am going to look at the links on the suggestions on how to control ivy. I had a terrible bout with ivy and I never planted it. It comes from my neighbor's house and was growing EVERYWHERE.... it basically strangled several of our trees and killed them. I pulled up the ivy from the roots and I swear, they grow roots to China.

I almost planted ivy once upon a time, but my husband absolutely vetoed that. His mother planted it and it crawled up her brick house and it dried out the brick.

That's true. I did hear that it can damage structures. However, doesn't St. Mary's College love it on their structures? They think it adds to their "historic" look.

 

[Gilligan]

That's true. I did hear that it can damage structures. However, doesn't St. Mary's College love it on their structures? They think it adds to their "historic" look.

Growing up in an area with many very old stone and brick homes, I always thought having English ivy covering the outside was a "standard feature". Turns out, the roots contribute to the degradation of mortar and accelerate the rotting of window frames and wood trim...

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

English Ivy seems to be creeping everywhere.

The British are coming! The British are coming!

The British are here? Invaders everywhere.