Another project on the list
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (367926)
Rockingham, Australia
May 1, 2025 12:39am CST
The photo shows my niece’s front porch. A creeper had twined itself around the uprights and, as you can see, many have become detached. This is another ‘project’ for Vince and his brother while we’re looking after the house for our niece.
I’d already started to remove the creeper before I thought about taking a photo. I’m not sure how we’re going to fix this but I’m sure we’ll manage.
Edit: We’ve finished taking down the creeper now. I thought it was growing in a pot on the verandah but it’s actually growing in the ground. There isn’t much left of it now but my BIL says it will shoot again. Personally, I’d take it out completely but we won’t do that.
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@BarBaraPrz (50982)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
1 May
Darn that creeper!
But that's a very nice looking spider plant there, and it's offspring isn't too bad looking either. 
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@BarBaraPrz (50982)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
2 May
@JudyEv Maybe you're giving yours too much water? I had brought one in to a place I volunteered at once a week, which would have been enough to go without watering, but other people started watering it, too. It was drowning... I had to put a sign on it to stop others from watering it.
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@JudyEv (367926)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 May
@BarBaraPrz Good point. I'll check it out. It will dry out while we're house-sitting as we won't be home to water it too often.
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@JudyEv (367926)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 May
@snowy22315 @sallypup It's the broken uprights that we'd like to fix. Hopefully we'll come up with a way.
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@Marilynda1225 (87527)
• United States
1 May
I'm sure your niece will be pleasantly surprised to find her creeper down and the railing fixed. Maybe seeing how nice it looks she'll decide to get rid of that creeper altogether.
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@moffittjc (126619)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 May
Is your niece going to be upset that you removed all the creeper from the uprights?
Even if she wanted it there, it has obviously done some damage. It's nice that Vince is willing to take on a project to fix it. I'm sure it will look really nice and "good as new" when they are done fixing it.
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@moffittjc (126619)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 May
@JudyEv Nice! Projects always go better when there’s help to get them done.
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@allknowing (153888)
• India
1 May
I have that problem here. I have three such creepers that refuse to leave the garden.
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@RebeccasFarm (91116)
• Arvada, Colorado
1 May
Maybe they will think to take it out Judy..sometime.
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@wolfgirl569 (126902)
• Marion, Ohio
1 May
They can cause a lot of damage. But I would let them decide to pull it out
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@LindaOHio (209042)
• United States
1 May
I would take it out since it's causing damage.
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