Dealing with weeds between buildings and pavement and Ivy again

Although I'm trying to concentrate on the front of the house I had to start around the garage to get the door open! These photos I took at the time. I need to take snaps of the driveway shrubs next visit

There is a lot of fern both in flower beds and growing between the garage and pavement I cut one down

is there a (relatively) easy way of dealing with the roots/stumps I can't cut? I have the same problem with what I think is butterfly plants (I actually like these but not between house and pavement) Before I attacked it


This weed (Plant?) seems to be growing out of the pavement I suspect.


To the front of house is a very large 'ball' of Ivy, at first inspection it seemed to be Ivy covering dead Ivy but delving deeper I think it is actually covering a tree stump, I think I could live with it if it was smaller, could/should I cut it right back?

and with autumn approaching should I be preparing myself to reduce the size of the shrubs in the back garden, in a similar photo taken by the estate agent at the beginning of the year you could see most of my side of this shed.

 

OOOHHHH Those shrubs look absolutely delightful, how gorgeous-is that a huge hebe in the centre? Whatever it is it`s stunning.


I was going to try to answer the question but that third picture has blown me away!

 

Shame to get rid of the fern, id move them.

Ferns have a small root so will lift easily with a pickaxe. As for the budliah, cut it down to ground level and either dig it or cut it to just bellow ground then drill holes in it and pour in a small measure of roundup concentrate.

 

I might be wrong but what I asume you are calling the ivy ball looks like a golden holly (ilex aquafolia).

 

ahh sorry no photo of the Ivy yet, hopefully next week. Golden Holly sounds a good name for the Holly . Apart from the fern (which could stay if it isn't harming the bulding!) and the roses I don't know the identity of most of the plants/shrubs :o

 

So I looked up Hebe and could it be Hebe Annulata ? If so would I be right in thinking I should pretty much leave alone?