What is this climbing plant?

[Fluffywabbits]

Hi everyone

I've just moved house and have a garden for the first time. It's small but still don't know where to start with what is there.

The picture on the schedule from a few months ago showed a bare fence to the back but both sides are now covered by this plant. Any tips for identifying it (Internet suggests it could be a Virginia creeper maybe) and keeping it under control would be greatly received. We're in Scotland so no drought and this seems to be taking over. There is a rose bush but its being smothered by this at the moment. Pic attached.

Looks like Virginia creeper.

Thanks - any tips for keeping it under control? Is it ok to prune it throughout summer? And how do I actually do it? Just cut the ends off? Total gardening novice here!!

@Fluffywabbits it will turn a lovely autumnal red soon then die off.... I would cut it back if needed. Will come back next year

Our neighbours have one and every year it try’s to invade our garden.. it’s rampant. So you can cut it right back and it will come back. Personally I’d take it out. There are much nicer climbers.

we used to have it covering a very high mesh fence between us and the business next door.
it was great as it was completely covering the mesh and also dampened the sound.
it needed a 'haircut' every couple of months.

Virginia creeper is my thoughts too, we have some that comes over our side of the fence from a woodland area behind our house, I love the greenery we have along that fence so leave it

Looks like russian vine or virginia creeper, grows very fast

Well I have a Virginia creeper and the leaf shape is nothing like that. Unless there are different kinds…

It's Virginia creeper. I'm envious as mine doesn't seem to be growing!! It'll look beautiful in autumn. Lucky you.

You can cut that back by meticulously cutting each stem back you don't want to just above a leaf node. Or taking a hedge trimmer right up the front/along the top of it. Or using shears to trim/hack it back. Depends on what tools and time/patience you have.

You could cut it back hard around the rose area and just trim the rest back to where you want it.

Either way it is a lovely looking plant in autumn. The rest of the year it needs containing though.

I like mine. I just let it grow. Every now and again, I go through it with hedge trimmers once I'm sure there's no birds nesting in it.

Wear gloves to cut it back if you've got sensitive skin..

Definitely a virginia creeper. I had one all up the side wall of my house. Beautiful in autumn when it turns red, but VERY invasive.
Grows like crazy. It will lose all it's leaves in winter - take that opportunity to cut all the spindly branches right back, remove as much as you can.
You can prune it all year round, it's almost impossible to kill.
I pulled mine down because it was growing into the guttering and the rafters, even injected root kill into the stump, and it's still grew back this year!

Yes, I’ve got four individual plants in different parts of the garden, and it’s certainly not fast-growing here! Two of them have been in for four years and I’d like them to have coveted far more wall!

Oh wow, thanks for all the replies! That's all really helpful advice.