- Use garden clippers to cut the ivy leaves off
if removing ivy from a tree, cut a ring around the infested tree trunk
- Pull out ivy from the roots
if cutting off of a tree pull out all the ivy roots surrounding the tree
do not pull ivy off of the tree bark because it will harm the tree!
- Plant native ground cover instead!
- Creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera, fast spreading cover)
- Green-and-gold (chrysogonum virginianum, yellow flowers)
- Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia, quickly spreading with white flowers)
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, vine that will grow up trees without harming them)
Native honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens, provides habitat for pollinators)
