In this video I talk about Ivy growing on trees.

Ivy goes by a lot of names in the UK its known as common ivy, Atlantic Ivy and English Ivy.

A lot of people think Ivy kills trees by sucking all the nutrition out of the tree but this is not the case. Ivy is very important for biodiversity and for wildlife. Wood pigeons eat the berries and the ivy gives a lot of nectar and pollen to bees. Birds nest amongst the ivy and its a home to a large rage of insects.

In some cases I would remove the Ivy and that if their growing on big veteran trees that you want to preserve.
Trees lose their leaves in the Autumn ahead of the cold, wet and windy winter. It does this so that the tree is more aerodynamic therefor less likely to blow over in the wind.
The ivy however doesn't lose its leaves. It catches the wind and can topple a tree in the winter.

Trees that are most at risk of this are trees that have a bit of rot in the butt or trees that are on poor soils that can get waterlogged in the winter.

My advice is not to go around killing every bit of Ivy you see but to manage it. Keep it there is you can buy remove it from those big veteran trees that need a bit of help.


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