Vine and Bush IDs?

[pinksand]

I have a few of these bushes throughout my garden and was wondering what they are?

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I was also wondering what this vine is? It's engulfing my neighbors' locust tree.


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[rainbowgardener]

Does the green and white one keep its leaves all the time? If so it is maybe euonymous? There's lots of different varieties of it. Here's one:

[img]https://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003.J5JMe6qB4/s/750/750/Euonymus-J010156.jpg[/img]

If it is euonymous, it is one of your collection of fairly nasty invasive exotics. Worse than the Rose of Sharon, sort of similar to the vinca...

You are going to hate me pretty soon! Don't shoot the messenger!

[pinksand]

Haha oh what excellent news!

That ID sounds about right. Since we moved in this Summer, I can't say for certain that it's an evergreen, but it doesn't look like the leaves are going anywhere at this point. This is the biggest cluster and I have a few smaller mounds scattered here and there. My whole garden is apparently one big invasive competition!

Any ideas for the vine? Is it going to take the tree down?

[Hortman]

Hello pinksand. Hortman here. Your vine looks to be some sort
of ivy. The flowers look like an ivy flower. If the leaves are really big,
then it could be Algerian ivy.

[pinksand]

Hi Hortman! Yes, the leaves are quite large, although not shaped at all like what I think when I hear "Ivy." I did a search and I think you could be right though! The majority of the photos were of leaves with the typical "ivy" leaf shape, but there were some that looked very much like my photos. The berries are identical! Will it likely kill the tree?

[rainbowgardener]

yes, ivy is another killer invasive, that will eventually kill the tree. It will take a few years, but eventually the tree is a gonner.

You can just sever the ivy stems at the base of the tree. That doesn't kill the ivy, so you still have to keep monitoring it, but all the ivy stem above the cut will die, so that saves the tree for awhile.

Whoever planted your yard was definitely going for quantity over quality! Lots of things that will grow and spread very fast and need no maintenance.

[pinksand]

Well the tree is actually technically on my neighbors property so it isn't mine. They had another one beside it that fell... either from the Ivy or in super storm Sandy, I'm not sure but both could have been factors. I only just noticed the other day that it had fallen. I don't think this one would fall in the direction of our house but it could possibly come close to their house

Unfortunately the neighbors have apparently never done anything to care for their property, according to the previous owner of our house. Until she had knee surgery a few years ago she would care for part of their side as well so that it wouldn't get so out of control. Fortunately my trees are all ivy free at the moment... I'll work to keep it that way!

The neighbors also have two trees in front that are right across our property line with Ivy starting to creep up the trunk. They're leaning a bit towards the house across the street. Although they aren't mine, I might just hack off the bottom as you suggested, while the ivy is still a manageable size!

[purpleinopp]

That ivy looks like mature Hedera helix.