(01-01-2021, 06:46 PM)BIAD Wrote:Quote:Most of the native vines here are wild grape vines, scuppernongs, something called "Virginia creeper"...'
I have a seed-packet of Virginia Creeper and have been tempted to sow them. However, I've seen
the way it takes over a place. Maybe I should get it compete with the 'English' ivy?!!!
Yeah! Cage match! A fight to the death between the two!
At my last house, the creeper vines stayed in the woods, as I think they must prefer shade, and the English Ivy took over the more sunny areas, so there was not much competition between the two.
Virginia creeper is more sparsely foliated, and so less picturesque. It makes up for it by climbing trees, fences, and anything else that stands still long enough for it to take over. I've been looking for pictures of here to post, to illustrate the jungle vibe, but so far have not found any. I think Grace got some pictures of a Virginia Creeper wallowing all over a tree in the woods here.
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