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Virginia creeper kill tree?

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juston · 31/03/2020 19:10

I have a huge comfier which has Virginia creeper climbing up it. It looks wonderful in the autumn but I worry it's strangling the tree.. is it like ivy in that respect ?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 01/04/2020 10:35

Ivy doesn't strangle a tree. What happens is a tree which is already struggling doesn't grow fast enough to outgrow the ivy load. And a tree which has a great mass of ivy in it is less able to withstand a gale.

Thisismytimetoshine · 01/04/2020 10:36

No, it’s nothing like ivy.

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