CUTTING OFF A ROSE BRANCH IN NEXT DOOR'S GARDEN

Honesty, I am thrilled to have no neighbors anywhere. Nobody to intrude on my solitude, except family and his workers.

I have one in my garden (which used to be my nans house) I have a photo of her pruning the same rise bush that was in the ‘ 70 s 😀

@ BlueBelle

I don't think they could do it any harm. I never prune my roses, I just go round with my sheers and lop them down to about a foot tall just before the frost sets in and they have blooms like saucers, I have never fed them or sprayed them in fact we planted them when we got married in the late 60's and they are absolutely beautiful.

@Callistemon21

Hi, no, it is not a sucker, it is definitely a rose shoo , a new one, very soft. I peered over the fence and could see it. I tried to get it from my side but the rose hedging is very dense, it is about 40 years old so I could not get my cutter in without scratching my arms to bits.

I have told her to tell her husband he will have to lift the fence panel so I can do the job properly, because if I just cut the shoot off, it will grow back again so I am going to cut the whole branch off. It will cause him more work lifting up the panel than just getting a pair of scissors and cutting the shoot off. I am too old at 81 to be lifting up a 6 x 3 ft panel.

Our neighbours are not gardeners either and tend to let it go a bit wild. Ivy which is growing in their garden regularly grows through our (new) fence but we just pull it through and cut it off or spray it with strong weedkiller and hope that it will kill the roots on their side!

They are perfectly happy for us to do this...and have started to cut it back a bit if it gets too thick, which is progress!

Depending on the thickness of the branch, I would cut it from your side and pull it through. If it's your fence (which you say it is) then any damage will be to your own fence and up to you to leave or repair as you wish.

Honestly, how much effort would it take for your neighbours just to cut it off from their side if it offends them so much?!

Honestly, these daft border disputes make me wish in an isolated cottsgr

Yes exactly - what Bluebelle said ..

I believe she is allowed to cut it back to the boundary but should offer you the cuttings. If you don't want them she must get rid of them.

I was told this regarding cutting our hedge.

Is it a sucker? Suckers need to come off anyway.

Really, they are being a bit precious, they could cut it off quite easily and, if they wanted to, hand it back to you!

People never cease to amaze me.

Will the branch not pull back through the fence if it's a new shoot?

I expect they are just doing belt and bracers in case you were to say they damaged your rose bush at a later date
Cant you cut the offending branch off on your side of the fence by the boundary to save you going round with your tools