Shrubbery on property line question

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First I am not attacking, I am asking a serious question. Did you check your town ordinance before flinging them over onto their property? If you didn't you could be in trouble for doing so and may end up with a summons, fine, and court date.

I know you don't like trimming them, but as other have said, it most likely is your responsibility, and if you do it with malice, you also will be given a summons. I would apologize to the neighbor, tell them you had a bad day. If they have an older son (and don't you?) maybe one of them would offer to help you if you keep it civil.

For the record, I would have never thrown them on someone's property. It does seem a bit drastic.
 
Ick..very passive-aggressive of you, and frankly wrong since anything that hangs over into your yard IS YOUR responsibility...not your neighbors (even if the bush is one her side). You can have all the "talk" with her that you want, but she is under no obligation legally or morally to trim anything on your side of the fence.

And probably lost any chance she had of the neighbour doing anything more than the bare, legal minimum.
 
OP, why wouldn't you just go knock on your neighbor's door and speak with him or her about the shrubs before cutting them off and flinging them over the fence. That was extremely rude. Maybe they would have come over and trimmed them for you. Maybe they would have told you to shove it. Who knows? But now, you've probably ensured a negative relationship from here on out. Sad. We actually talk with our neighbors about stuff like this.
 
Roundup no, you can smell it. Late at night go out and water the roses with buckets of water....loaded with salt. Yes, salt water.

So the solution would be to kill the roses? Not a very good idea and could very well land her on the wrong side of the law.

OP-just trim back the roses on your side of the fence and then compost or throw the branches away. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
 

Thanks for the responses. I live on a very small city lot. The houses are quite close together. This neighbor moved in 1 1/2 yrs ago. I do all the cutting of the grass between our 2 houses. She has not cut once. That does not bother me. It's not that much trouble to cut along her side while I'm doing mine. However, I don't like it when I go out to cut and have thorn bushes hanging in the way. This is the 2nd time it has happened. Those thorn branches are a pain, literally, to gather up. Friday I got my rose gloves on and trimmed the over-hang and flung it over the fence! ;) Yesterday, she sent one of her adult sons over to ask me not to fling them again. :rotfl: I will have to have a talk with her about how to handle the bushes in the future. I guess that would be the adult way of dealing with it.;)

TC :cool1:

Obviously it does bother you, or you would not have mentioned it., You were wrong to fling them over the fence. Be an adult. You were wrong. If you don't like the overhang, you trim and get rid of the branches or leave it alone. OR you could ask your neighbor about it, like and adult, in person. I am sure you see that now. A small problem is now a neighbor dispute.

Seriously, this is such a small thing getting blown way out of proportion. Its a freaking bush. Come on. If this is the biggest problem in your life I would say you are doing ok. If anyone flung branches into my yard, I would not be willing to help them in any way shape or form. It is possible they just didn't notice the bush overhanging, or else thought it was not a big deal. HOw would they know if no one ever told them?
 
I don't get the reponses that would kill or damage the rose bush. that would make for wonderful neighbours.

OP, if you trimmed trim them, you should dispose of the branches. Throwing them back over the fence is not dealing with it in a neighbourly way.
 
Good lord. Put your big boy/girl pants on and trim what is on your property and throw it away in your trash.
I trim the plum, fig, apricot and apple trees that hang from my neighbors yard into mine, and enjoy the plums, figs, apples. My neighbors trim my orange, lemon and avocado trees that grow over into their yard, and enjoy the oranges, lemons and avocados that grow on their side.
 
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So the solution would be to kill the roses? Not a very good idea and could very well land her on the wrong side of the law.

OP-just trim back the roses on your side of the fence and then compost or throw the branches away. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Prove it.
 
Prove it.

I'll bite.

In our town the ordinance is clear.
If anything you are growing on your property
climbs/grows/infringes upon my property,
I have the right to trim anything on/over my property.

However... If I harm my neighbor's tree/shrub/plant, etc.
in ANY way that THEY can prove - I must pay for the damage.
We went through this with a neighbor and our tree,
so I am firmly ensconced in the law for our area.

If our neighbor had harmed our tree we were
within our rights to take him to court.
If the judge found our evidence worthy (i.e. arborist affidavit),
then the neighbor would have to pay us the cost of
replacing a healthy tree (which he intended to kill)
plus all of the court costs.
Then, we would have had to try to collect.
The cost of replacing a healthy, 60 foot tree at that time
was over $900.
 
Roundup no, you can smell it. Late at night go out and water the roses with buckets of water....loaded with salt. Yes, salt water.

This is an absurd suggestion. Why would you want to kill your neighbors roses? Absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. Great idea if you want to be the worst person to live next to and start a wAr. Seems like a lot of effort to avoid having one adult conversation.


Yes folks, these people areout there. Yikes.
 
Our neighbors have a line of bushes along the fence all along our small backyard. They grow through and I trim them every coupe of weeks and dispose of the cuttings. It is my responsibility on my side.

It is no different than if leaves fall from a tree into our yard, or blow into the yard, etc.

OP I think you may have already ruined any chance at a good relationship with your neighbors going forward by throwing the branches into their yard. If you want to have a decent relationship I suggest you do as a PP suggested and go over and apologize, blame it on a bad day, and then deal with the bushes growing into your yard on your own from now on.

I strongly urge you to ignore advice to try to kill the neighbor's roses. In addition to just being mean and childish, that is likely illegal and could get you in a lot of trouble, and even if nothing is ever proved it would almost certainly make for very, very strained relations with your neighbors from now on. I cannot imagine that dealing with some trimming every few weeks in the summer is worth years of bad feelings with those you live to close to.
 
Since some people have a really hard time at civility I'm closing the thread. My apologies to the rest of you.
 
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