Scientific
Name
Hedera helix
Common
Name
English ivy |
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Hardiness
Zones: 5 to 9 |
English Ivy |
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Habit:
Evergreen
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Growth
Rate: Moderate
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Size: -- |
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Site
Requirements: Partial shade
to shade; prefers rich, acidic, loamy soil but tolerates a range
of soil conditions
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Form:
Climbing vine |
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Texture:
Medium to coarse
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Foliage: -- |
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Flower/Fruit: -- |
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Comments: Excellent
ground cover, but aggressive once established; drought tolerant
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Cultivars:
Baltica
(small leaves; more cold hardy);
Bulgasia (cold hardy); Buttercup;
California;
Ghnome;
Glacier;
Gold
Child (not vigorous);
Gold
Craft (small, golden leaves; browns in winter); Gold
Heart; Golddust;
Green
Ripple; Ivalance;
Kolibri; Midas
Touch; Misty;
Morocco;
Needle
Point; Pygmayi;
Romaine
(cold hardy); Small
Deal;
Star (five pointed lobes);
Sulphur
Spray;
Sulphur; Thorndale
(cold hardy); Tomboy
(triangular leaves); Variata
Needle Point;
Walthamamensis;
Webfoot;
Zebra
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