It’s a constant battle. Keeping it off trees, keeping it off fencing, etc. How do you kill this stuff without killing the trees it’s strangling?

Round up. Sprayed on tree bark- it doesn’t hurt them, don’t get it on the leaves of the tree.

Ripping it out, roots and all, is your best bet. Especially around trees. If you don’t pull out the roots, it will come back. Do it yourself or hire some landscapers.

No experience with English Ivy, but some fool planted Virginia Creeper around our old house in town many years ago, and I’ve tried everything from neglect to various poisons and haven’t killed it yet. And we live in the northern reaches of the Chihuahuan Desert. A much different climate than Virginia’s.

IF you rip ALL the plants from the roots out of the ground, they WILL come back. I tried everything including roundup, brushy weed killer, etc., they always came back. Until I found the perfect solution, soil sterilizer. It was easy and permanent. But you can't grow anything for year after you apply it, but a small price to pay for a large patch of annoying english ivy. Also a good way to cull neighbors bushes intruding into your yard by an excessive amount. Though I don't have a personal experience with that situation specifically, just sayin. But, educate yourself about the chemicals, migration, and varying long-term effects of using a sterilizer. You don't want to accidentally kill your prize 100 year old oak tree.