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Hedera (any hardy variety) (Ivy (any hardy variety))

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Variety or Cultivar
If you don't know the variety name of your Hedera (Ivy), you can add this plant to your lists to get care advice. Hedera (any hardy variety) are trailing or climbing, evergreen shrubs bearing small, triangular, green leaves, some mottled or variegated, divided into three to five, triangular lobes. On mature plants, clusters of small, yellow-green flowers in autumn are followed by spherical, black fruit.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
10 m 1 m 5-10 years
32 ft 3 ft 5-10 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Chalky
  • Loamy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Partial Shade
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
  • South
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Tolerates a wide range of conditions but performs best in fertile, moist but well-drained, alkaline soil in sun or part shade. Best used as a ground cover trailing along the ground. Pollution tolerant.

Suggested uses

Banks and Slopes, Ground Cover, Containers/Patio, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, City, Low Maintenance, Wallside and trellises, Indoor, Foliage only, Hanging baskets

UK hardiness

H5

USDA zones

Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10

Sunset zone

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, H1, 3

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Moderate/Medium
Central Valley = Moderate/Medium
South Coastal = Low
South Inland = Moderate/Medium
High and Intermediate Desert = Moderate/Medium
Low Desert = Moderate/Medium

Foliage

Evergreen

Habit

Climbing, Trailing

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Ingestion may cause severe discomfort; contact may irritate the skin.

Plant care

Pruning

Pruning group 11. Best to prune in spring, though it tolerates pruning throughout the year.

Propagation methods

Semi-hardwood cuttings

Pests

Glasshouse red spider mite

Aphids

Diseases

Leaf spot

Prune vigorous spring flowering climbers

Take semi-hardwood cuttings in late-summer

Plant container grown plants in a sunny sheltered spot

Plant in moist but well-drained soil (autumn or spring)

Plant in full sun or partial shade (autumn or spring)

Plant in neutral to alkaline soil (autumn or spring)

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Hedera helix 'Goldchild' Ivy 'Goldchild'
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Hedera helix 'Manda's Crested' Ivy 'Manda's Crested'
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Hedera helix 'Minor Marmorata' Salt and pepper ivy
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Hedera helix 'Parsley Crested' Ivy 'Parsley Crested'
Hedera helix 'Spetchley'
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Hedera helix 'Spetchley' Ivy 'Spetchley'
Hedera helix 'White Knight'
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