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Default Grow ivy, very limited sun

mm writes:

On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:54:05 -0500, Dan Espen
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mm writes:

Does it get behind T1-11, also? That's some kind of wood product in
4x8' sheets.

My first story is brick, but after that it's t1-11, so I need to know
before it grows another 8 feet!


I don't think you want it anywhere near anything you want to keep,
brick included.


Thanks. I'll look into it.

We used to have euanymus (sp?) on our house and it looked very nice.
It was there when we bought the house, but we only lived there for 9
years.


Here's a trick I use. Not sure about spelling?
Plug it into Google. I got:

Euonymus

It's a genus name so there seems to be a lot of variation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_(shrub)

But it appears to be a shrub, it wouldn't be "on" your house.
Despite the attractive appearance of a vine covered house,
I don't think you want anything growing on a house.

Ivy is particularly destructive but I don't think there is anything
that's good on a house.