Ivy.

I live in the Smoky Mountains and we have vines of all kinds growing everywhere. I'm lucky that l don't have any growing in my yard, l know it can be a huge pain in the butt. Kudzo is a real problem here in the southern united states.This vine is native to Japan but loves the southern temperatures. If you drive through Georgia you will see all kinds of homes, barns, and abandoned cars completely covered. It's a real problem to get rid of. I think most vines are.

Though ivy is quite an invasive plant for the wall it may add beauty to the wall as the later may look more lively and natural. Provided that if it doesn’t cause any serious problems I think it’s no harm to maintain this wild life scene.

I don't mind the ivy I have in my garden, but a couple of years ago, it had grown all up the side and back walls of the house, and had to be cut down at the bottom and killed off. It was eating into the cement and brickwork, sucking all the moisture out, which is not good for a brick building. Nor is it good for a stone wall, such as you have in your garden. So, I would keep it cut back in future. If you cut it back every Autumn, you shouldn't have too many problems. Brightest Blessings.

I too have Ivy growing in our garden, when we moved in 2 years ago I attempted to cut it back and get rid of it, but soon discovered it was covering a ugly wire fence. As we are only renting the house I didn't want to spend money and replace the wire fence, so I trimed the Ivy and brought some clemitis and roses to climb and intertwine with the ivy. It does't look so bad now!

Yes! My house is over 100 years old and we have granite walls. Some daft person planted ivy (some of the vines are thicker then my wrist) generations ago and it is left for the rest of us to control it. It is a real problem and keeps escaping from the walls. I am going to have to get someone in with those fire sprayers, eventually. It is getting to be too much for me to deal with!

This plant is more than likely Hedera helix. As with all plants there is a thing called maintenance. Every landscape needs maintained. What I normally do with Hedera species is control it. I do not recommend it on houses with siding because it will grow underneath and become a problem. If you choose to grow Clematis you will need to provide some type of support. It will not cling to the wall like the Hedera. Some Clematis flower off of old growth and some new. If anyone has any plant questions please feel free to ask. Hence the name coolseeds.

Oh yes I know this plant, well where we live a year ago we had problem with ivy, and we had to cut it all down. You were lucky though that you found an old stone wall when you cut your ivy down. We have since moved back to the city and now we do not have this rotten problem of ivy any more.

Ivy is very poisonous. I guess if you can monitor people, and children near it, it would be okay. I don't have ivy in my yard, and wouldn't risk it due to having children and pets.

I still have a problem with this plant. I don't like this plant. They are really terrible, I'd rather have clematis or passion fruit but definitely not Ivy. I tried as many as possibly to get rid off this plant from my garden. But it keep on coming back. It belongs to my neighbour. The wooden fence that separate me and neighbour almost can not hold it any longer. Last year, it covered almost half of our street and our pond. They grow massive. I complained to my neighbours but this old man doesn't seems to care. And neither both of us at the moment have enough budget to put a new fence (it will be a long one). Sigh....

No but i wouldn't have ivy in mt garden if not cut back it can just take over.Instead i would prefer a climmer such as a climatis.Most of these flower and some give off a scent.If you pick the right kind or look hard enough some varites flower through he winter. My advice would be get rid of the ivy and get a nice colourful climmer