How old is this creeper?

[purplepoppy]

The two photos show the same building, one covered in Virginia creeper, the other recently cleared. The building is 545 years old and currently used as a tea room. Upon removing the plant cover, there was very little actual damage to the building.

As part of maintenance, the building is stripped of climbing plants periodically. So can you guess when the last clearance was? That is how many years' growth.

5 years

10 years

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50years

100 years

200 years

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1 y

Answer is 20 years

[WindAtMyBack]

If it's anything like the vines that climb my house I'd guess 5 years. But I have a different kind of ivy. I usually cut mine back every year. Sometimes I skip a year and it gets pretty out of control and even do some damage. It climbs approximately 1-1.5 stories per year.

That stuff hangs on tight to the rough brickwork. I use all kinds of cutters, wedges, chisels, hammers and pliers to get it off.

The vines are also full of snakes, but I rarely see them. The hawks manage to find them when they venture out.

[AviatorTom]

Nature grows pretty fast, my guess is 10 years growth.

[Insecure2]

IT looks like something modern people would live to have do IT can't be very old.

[OneViewpoint]

No idea whatsoever.

[exitseven]

I say 5 years.

[beefcakebradybatson]

A half-century to a century.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Speaking of creepers, Trump will be 79 June 14 !!!