I think it’s Virginia creeper. It’s a vigorous grower so can chop it back as hard as you want. I think it looks nice when it’s controlled.
If you want it out then you’ll have to go at the roots with a pick and a spade and repeat till it’s all gone.
Severe-Log-0675 on
If it’s dead, get stuck in – cut it back to ground level and clear it away, if necessary doing some digging up.
If it’s got live shoots and it’s going to go into leaf/bloom as spring advances, then trim it back carefully, make it tidy, but don’t over-do it.
Mammothsherd on
Not an expert but looks like a summer jasmine to me. In which case do nothing. It’ll green up in spring, and flood with lovely white flowers in about mid summer. Next year, after flowering, you can cut it back fairly hard – there are (of course) you tube videos on how to prune Jasmine. (There is also winter flowering jasmine which has yellow flowers, bit that would be a bit greener and showing signs of flowering now, I think).
StitchedTheShop on
At a guess, due to it being deciduous and not being in leaf right now, I think it’s Boston Ivy or the Chinese version of Boston Ivy. Parthenocissus tricuspidata or Parthenocissus henryana. It’s pretty tough and doesn’t require a great deal of care, more just keeping it where you want it via pruning as they can take over and climb walls/houses etc. It can also damage wall surfaces with its roots.
StitchedTheShop on
At a guess, due to it being deciduous and not being in leaf right now, I think it’s Boston Ivy or the Chinese version of Boston Ivy. Parthenocissus tricuspidata or Parthenocissus henryana.
It’s pretty tough and doesn’t require a great deal of care, more just keeping it where you want it via pruning as they can take over and climb walls/houses etc. It can also damage wall surfaces with its roots.
Beneficial-Pair822 on
It’s virginia creeper. You’ll have a job to stop it growing into your roof.
It’s dormant for now you could prune it so it’s even all the way along the wall as in how “thick” it is. As soon as May hits it’ll take off like a rocket headed towards the clouds. Keep trimming back to the height you want it and watch it turn a beautiful colour in the autumn for three weeks before all it’s leaves fall off.
Top tip… for a nice straight liine when trimming, cut all along using the mortar line between the bricks as your guide then peel the unnecessary growth off.
Good luck.
Affectionate-Dog4704 on
This is a mystery shurb that can’t be touched until you can identify it from the first spring leaf. Finger’s crossed it’s something cool.
Leave it for now. Overwintering/hibernating bugs and other wildlife will appreciate this.
Even-Bandicoot-1144 on
Thanks everyone – a few different suggestions and appreciate it’s hard to id when it looks like this?
Maybe best to wait until it greens up then try to
Identify again??
trailoftears123 on
Boston Ivy/Virginia creeper.
Looks like its been stripped off that wall at least once,thats why its topmost part looks so thick.
Feel free to slim/trim the top.
Keep an eye on its base to prevent the root system wandering off to undesired areas-it can be a handful to control its root system.
littlerabbits72 on
Looks like a Clematis of some sort to me. I’d leave it till next year and see what happens.
achillea4 on
It’s a Virginia Creeper. I also have a hedge of it. The stuff is a complete thug and needs cutting back regularly. If the tips reach the soil, it roots and creates more plants. I’d cut it back at the end of March/early April.
heromarsX on
you have to tear off the dry part and throw it away otherwise it will fall and make a mess
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I think it’s Virginia creeper. It’s a vigorous grower so can chop it back as hard as you want. I think it looks nice when it’s controlled.
If you want it out then you’ll have to go at the roots with a pick and a spade and repeat till it’s all gone.
If it’s dead, get stuck in – cut it back to ground level and clear it away, if necessary doing some digging up.
If it’s got live shoots and it’s going to go into leaf/bloom as spring advances, then trim it back carefully, make it tidy, but don’t over-do it.
Not an expert but looks like a summer jasmine to me. In which case do nothing. It’ll green up in spring, and flood with lovely white flowers in about mid summer. Next year, after flowering, you can cut it back fairly hard – there are (of course) you tube videos on how to prune Jasmine. (There is also winter flowering jasmine which has yellow flowers, bit that would be a bit greener and showing signs of flowering now, I think).
At a guess, due to it being deciduous and not being in leaf right now, I think it’s Boston Ivy or the Chinese version of Boston Ivy. Parthenocissus tricuspidata or Parthenocissus henryana. It’s pretty tough and doesn’t require a great deal of care, more just keeping it where you want it via pruning as they can take over and climb walls/houses etc. It can also damage wall surfaces with its roots.
At a guess, due to it being deciduous and not being in leaf right now, I think it’s Boston Ivy or the Chinese version of Boston Ivy. Parthenocissus tricuspidata or Parthenocissus henryana.
It’s pretty tough and doesn’t require a great deal of care, more just keeping it where you want it via pruning as they can take over and climb walls/houses etc. It can also damage wall surfaces with its roots.
It’s virginia creeper. You’ll have a job to stop it growing into your roof.
It’s dormant for now you could prune it so it’s even all the way along the wall as in how “thick” it is. As soon as May hits it’ll take off like a rocket headed towards the clouds. Keep trimming back to the height you want it and watch it turn a beautiful colour in the autumn for three weeks before all it’s leaves fall off.
Top tip… for a nice straight liine when trimming, cut all along using the mortar line between the bricks as your guide then peel the unnecessary growth off.
Good luck.
This is a mystery shurb that can’t be touched until you can identify it from the first spring leaf. Finger’s crossed it’s something cool.
Leave it for now. Overwintering/hibernating bugs and other wildlife will appreciate this.
Thanks everyone – a few different suggestions and appreciate it’s hard to id when it looks like this?
Maybe best to wait until it greens up then try to
Identify again??
Boston Ivy/Virginia creeper.
Looks like its been stripped off that wall at least once,thats why its topmost part looks so thick.
Feel free to slim/trim the top.
Keep an eye on its base to prevent the root system wandering off to undesired areas-it can be a handful to control its root system.
Looks like a Clematis of some sort to me. I’d leave it till next year and see what happens.
It’s a Virginia Creeper. I also have a hedge of it. The stuff is a complete thug and needs cutting back regularly. If the tips reach the soil, it roots and creates more plants. I’d cut it back at the end of March/early April.
you have to tear off the dry part and throw it away otherwise it will fall and make a mess