BOTANICAL NAME

HEDERA HELIX

PRONUNCIATION

HEAD - er - ah HE - licks

COMMON NAME

English Ivy

FAMILY

Araliaceae

Life Cycle

Evergreen Perennial

Growth Habit

Evergreen Vine Spreading

ARRANGEMENT

Alternate

LEAF

Ovate, often with lobesLength 4”Width 3”

MARGIN

Lobed when juvenile Entire on reproductive growth

VEINS

Palmate

COMPOSITION

Simple

FLOWER

Insignificant

FRUIT

Black drupe

EXPOSURE

Part shade

GROWTH

Rapid

USE

Ground coverAs a foliage for floral work

DESCRIPTIONMost leaves are 3 - 5 lobed

Over 50 cultivars; ‘Curly Locks’, ‘Needlepoint’

DESCRIPTIONOn older stems leaves may be entire and oval in outline quite different from new growth, particularly true of hanging stems

CULTURAL PRACTICESPropagate by stem cuttings

PROBLEMS

Can be invasive once established

Difficult to establish

ZONES

5 - 9

NATIVE OF:

Europe

REFERENCESWyman’s Gardening Encyclopedia

Landscape Plants; Their Identification, Culture, and Use