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Greening fences with ivy - advantages and disadvantages

Making an ivy fence yourself can make a lot of sense. Ivy has a few advantages:

• suitable for shady locations
• fast growing
• evergreen
• easy to maintain

There are also some disadvantages to making a fence out of ivy:

• spreads quickly
• difficult to remove
• needs regular cutbacks
• Ivy is poisonous

Ivy is definitely a good choice in shady locations, as few hedge plants thrive in the shade. There is also ivy inexpensive or can be quickly propagated from tendrils.

Which fences are suitable as an ivy fence?

To climb up, ivy needs a surface on which the Sticky roots find enough support. The fence material must be sturdy, as ivy gets a lot of weight over time. In addition, the fence should not be too light, as the ivy tendrils only creep up on dark surfaces.

Dark wooden fences are well suited. But chain link fences can also be greened very well with ivy. You then only have to pull the tendrils through the mesh at the beginning. Later the roots attach themselves to the woody ivy shoots. You can throw long shoots over the fence and just there

let grow.

Create ivy fence

Making an ivy fence yourself is not difficult. All you need to do is put ivy on an existing fence.

The planting distance should be two to three plants per running meter.

plants you can have ivy at any time, spring and autumn are particularly favorable.

How to properly maintain an ivy fence

Once ivy has grown properly, it hardly needs any maintenance. You only need to prune it back once or twice a year. In winter, the ivy should be watered occasionally.