As promised...

[rivka]

...pictures of our ivy disaster.

Looking along the length of the disaster. I think this picture actually understates the mess, but it's the best we have:


A couple of side views showing how far the ivy extended from the wall, and with our trash barrel providing scale:




These dark glossy leaves belong to one of our magnolia trees, buried in ivy:


Where the ivy should have been:


A Gothic close-up, in case the full horror has yet to strike you:

Comments

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Ah. It doesn't appear to be nearly as pervasive in non-sand areas, IME (but I am not a horticulturalist by any means).

I don't know that any of the alternatives of the "dune" sort would grow in the very clayey soil where my mother is.