Scientific Name
Hedera helix

Common Name
English ivy

Hardiness Zone: 6,7,8
Habit: Evergreen
Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid
Texture: Medium to coarse
Height: 50'
Exposure: Partial shade to shade
Climbing Method: Climbing, aerial roots
Flower/ Fruit: Adult form produces blue-black berries
Comments: Many small-leaved cultivars available; can be grown as a ground cover; full sun may burn leaves in the winter; established vines are drought tolerant; very hardy; adult and juvenile forms
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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