CF Next door killed our plant

[NewNeighbour007]

Last autumn, our neighbour asked if he could move our climbing plant off the shared boundary wall so they could paint the fence top bit (it's a brick wall with some spiky bits on top if that makes sense).

It's technically our boundary. I’d said I wasn’t bothered about painting the fence bits as the plant covered the spikes anyway but he insisted as they’d built the wall, that he wanted to paint them all (he was doing the other sides around his property.

The was full of huge gorgeous flowers. So I asked him to wait till they had bloomed and to not kill the plant. He agreed.

After it finished flowering, I gently lifted the plant tendrils off, and asked them to pop them back on when they were done.

We had a lot of building work going on ourselves (scaffolding up) at the time, and then winter and a family bereavement, so can't really remember, but I'm sure I put the plant back on the fence.

Last week I noticed there was hardly any of the plant left (and nothing on the fence). I presumed it had died back over winter. it was starting to sprout new leaves. I noticed they never painted the fence either but I lifted the tendrils back onto the fence, carefully threading the few strands that were regrowing round the fence.

I’ve just come home to find they’ve cut them all off!!! They’ve virtually killed it which must’ve meant they came onto our property to do so, without our knowledge or consent.

I’m pretty annoyed (f*cking furious) but don’t know how best to handle this.

I don't think I'm being unreasonable btw to be upset about this but didn't know what other heading to put this under,

No, the plant was on our side. The boundary is technically on our side too. How is that contradicting?

Which plant....or 'bush'?

That was never said before. It's been there for years before we were.

What was the plant?
I'd like pics of the cut plant and the 'brickwall with spiky bits on top!' 🤔

Plant.

Kindly, you can't even remember if you put it back last autumn, then last week put a possibly dying plant back through the fence?
Now it's been cut, they probably just cut it on their side and because it's not healthy it's fallen and withered?

Yes but which plant?

How would they get into your garden, OP?

If you threaded the plant through the fence then part of it was on the neighbours side. They are entitled to cut that as they wish to. You don't have any claim to their side of the fence.

This was the flowering plant. There's literally a stump left. https://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/c10440-passion-flower-caerulea-passiflora?ff=10&fp=12468&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw34qzBhBmEiwAOUQcF_RJmkqSVeoJoFJv1pKKTurajDlMEN5XDlCDc607cjOHb9D_fT-f2RoCnCsQAvD_BwE

And I've tried to add an image but it's not letting me. Sorry. It's a brick wall with 8-10" of like the top of a metal fence. You know, the black spikes at the top of an iron fence?

Thank you - I texted them and he popped round. I showed him the plant and he's said he doesn't know what happened. Then 'Maybe the wind blew it off"

I took the last tendril and wove it round the fence whilst we chatted, asking if that was OK and he said yes.

I'll keep an eye on it!

Thank you, kindly too. Regardless of last autumn. The tendrils I threaded through were not dying but new shoots.

Anyway, I texted him and he popped round. I showed him the plant and he's said he doesn't know what happened. Then 'Maybe the wind blew it off"

I took the last tendril and wove it round the fence whilst we chatted, asking if that was OK and he said yes.

I'll keep an eye on it!

It was how it was growing for years before. Not an issue before. I only took it off at their request to paint the fence. There was no conversation about them having an issue with it at any stage.

With ease! We only have drives. No gates. The cars are parked on the drives.

@Zingy123 Reading comprehension is crucial

Passiflora - Passion flower - there's a link in another comment.

That's a passion flower , they grow quickly and are quite invasive. I keep cutting mine back but it grows back overnight!

Wouldn't worry, it will be back

the roots aren’t affected, so it will grow back

I love plants and I am adding lots of climbing plants at the moment but add climbing supports to the fence/next to the fence so it doesn't need to go through. I'd add that now before it grows again to avoid this problem in the future.

Haha you couldn’t kill that bloody thing if you tried, they’re indestructible! I’ve been trying to hack off the one that keeps coming over our hedge from our neighbours garden for years but it only grows more vigorous the more I try!

Instead of winding it through the fence why don't you put up strings, wire or lightweight trellis on your side only and allow it to twist around that, thus keeping it on your side and not pissing off the neighbour. Who is entitled to be pissed off if it ends up on his side if he doesn't like it.

It's a lovely plant. Our Asda has three for a fiver at the moment so you could get more and plant them all along on your side.

That's a shame - I've just planted one up an arch and it has loads of flower buds on. Like others have said, it should come back. Can you put some wire trellis behind it so it clings to your side of the metal fence part of the wall? My new neighbour has clematises growing on their side and I love that they're coming over this side as well - free flower display with 0 effort! Some people just don't like plants - could you grow one around your door instead?

Doesn't matter if it was there years before, if the neighbour doesn't want it, they've got every right to cut it their side. Try and keep it on your side by putting something there for it to grow over

Oh, cool! It's so beautiful - fingers crossed. The lady who lived here before was ever so proud of it, I feel I'm looking after it for her!

They didn't say they didn't want it - just removed for painting.

I think that's the issue - a lack of communication.

They said they are fine with me putting the one remaining tendril back on the fence.