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  • Russian Vine Or Mile a Minute plant ADVICE

    just a quick question does anyone know about the russian vine other than being an invasive climber does it creep across the ground as well there is one at work covering a perimeter fence but at either side it is tarmac and block paved with just a strip of ground by the fence just enquiring because i was thinking of taking some cuttings and planting it along my fence on the boundary of my plot to screen a mesh fence i have put up

    Any info would be much appreciated
    cheers Lee

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    EEEEEKK - tread very carefully, it is a Football-Thug-on-a-Saturday-night-after-a-few-beers plant

    For those that don't know it (and I'm sure you all do) - here is the little darling about to eat a fence - looks like his team lost

    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      it sends up suckers everywhere .... a passion flower would be slightly better behaved, or honeysuckle
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        The Russian vine also can have a rather distinctive smell after a rain shower. Some people like it. Others say it stinks (invasively) of cats' wee on garlic.
        Why didn't Noah just swat those 2 greenflies?

        Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
        >
        >If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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        • #5
          My brother had one at a previous house- and as it's main stem was next door, he couldn't get rid of it. (I think his neighbours had planted it to hide his garage/shed). He'd chop it back to the boundary every year and by mid summer it'd be half way across his patio!

          I certainly wouldn't chose to plant one- too much work to keep it controlled!

          I like the idea of a flowering climber- or two- intertwining- so you get continuous flowering...it'll attract bees and pollinating insects to your plot- and help your crops!
          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

          Location....Normandy France

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          • #6
            We have it at the very top of our garden - a steep unaccessible part that is mostly for the wildlife and like a woodland. It gives a beautiful display, we have been watching it turn bright red over the last 2 months. But I would not plant it in a normal sized garden as it is much too invasive!
            BumbleB

            I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
            Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.

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            • #7
              i had one in london to provide a bit of privacy from the street...however it took over the front garden...we had complaints from neighbours and once when i was cutting it back i cut through the phone wire and had to pay £80 to be re-connected.
              NEVER EVER GROW IT. EVER. NEVER.....
              http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...gs/jardiniere/

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              • #8
                I think the advice is - walk away from the russian vine! Plant ivy, for the wildlife, or clematis, for the flowers, or honeysuckle, for the bees, virginia creeper for the autumn colour - anything but the russian vine!
                Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                • #9
                  I planted a honeysuckle a few years ago and it continuously strangled everything.
                  When I went to dig it up it had a root like a young tree.
                  Never again.
                  My father planted an ivy and it grew under the eves of the house.
                  Go with the clematis if I were you, such a variety of size and colour and will bloom at all tines of the year.

                  And when your back stops aching,
                  And your hands begin to harden.
                  You will find yourself a partner,
                  In the glory of the garden.

                  Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                  • #10
                    looking for seeds for mile a minute vine, Russian Ivy

                    Found it being sold as plant in a pot. But I need seeds to send them to India. A 4 story house owner wants a creeper that will cove the face of the building to shade it completely from sun, in place of installing Air-Conditioning the building.

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                    • #11
                      Had one at a previous house which i planted to cover an unsightly double garage, which it did in 2 years flat-from then on it was a constant battle to contain it- so unless you have unlimited space,or REALY hate your neighbours I would agree it is best avoided.
                      Last edited by Fruit&2veg; 30-10-2011, 10:37 AM.
                      "... discipline is what the world needs today and etiquette, you know. For one of the noblest things a man can do is to do the best he can, yeah ..."

                      Prince Far I (1944-1983)

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                      • #12
                        How hospitable is Russian Vine to insects, Honeybees, Wasps, compared with say Boston Ivy?

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                        • #13
                          Did you get a plant, or stem cutting to plant it? For me I need seeds.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by dmjoshi View Post
                            Did you get a plant, or stem cutting to plant it? For me I need seeds.
                            Sorry, mine was a plant from a garden centre
                            "... discipline is what the world needs today and etiquette, you know. For one of the noblest things a man can do is to do the best he can, yeah ..."

                            Prince Far I (1944-1983)

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                            • #15
                              Russian vine

                              How much does it weigh? I was thinking of growing one along my chicken fencing (eight feet high) but don't want it to bring the fencing down. If just grown to shade the poultry from the sun along that side during the summer could I cut it right back in the late autumn for growing again next spring?

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