Hedera helix - Wikipedia
WEBHedera helix, the common ivy, European ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Ivy is a clinging evergreen vine that grows on tree trunks, walls, and fences in gardens, waste spaces, and wild habitats.
English Ivy: Plant Care & Growing Guide - The Spruce
WEBJul 23, 2024 · English ivy (Hedera helix) is an evergreen perennial. It is also classified as a woody vine. English ivy can act as a ground cover, spreading horizontally. But it is also a climber, due to its aerial rootlets, which allow it to climb to 80 feet high.
Hedera helix (English Ivy) - Gardenia
WEBPrized for its ability to thrive in shady places, Hedera helix (English ivy) is a vigorous, fast-growing, evergreen perennial that excels as a climbing vine or trailing ground cover.
Hedera helix - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
WEBThe adult stage is the shrubby non-climbing stage in which stems do not spread or climb, but do produce clusters of greenish-white flowers in early fall followed by blue-black berries. The fruits are ornamental, appearing as a …
English Ivy Care: How to Grow & Care for “Hedera Helix”
WEBAug 17, 2023 · The English Ivy Plant has aerial roots easily trained to climb a wall or trellis. The Hedera helix originated in Europe but is found worldwide in modern times. The English ivy can be potted along or with other large-leaf plants. The Hedera helix has no upper limit to the high or length it can grow.
Hedera helix — English-ivy - Go Botany
WEBFlower description the flower has an inferior ovary, with or without a hypanthium Flower petal color. green to brown; yellow; Flower symmetry
The importance of flowering ivy ( Hedera helix )
WEBOct 12, 2020 · First of all, it is an important source of pollen and nectar for pollinators in autumn. When a lot of flowering plants are starting to die off in late summer, ivy starts to produce yellow/green, strong-smelling blooms, so …
Hedera helix var. baltica - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
WEBHedera helix, commonly known as English ivy, is a vigorous, aggressive, fast-growing, woody evergreen perennial that is primarily grown as a climbing vine or trailing ground cover. As a climbing vine, it may over time grow upwards to 50-100' in height.
Hedera helix | common ivy Climber Wall Shrub/RHS - RHS …
WEBA vigorous, self-clinging climber with three- to five-lobed, glossy, evergreen leaves, often with pale green veins, and some reddish or bronzy colours in autumn. Mature plants produce bushy, non-clinging branches with diamond-shaped leaves, and small, nectar-rich, greenish-yellow flowers in clusters of rounded heads in autumn, followed by black ...
How to grow and care for English ivy - BBC Gardeners World …
WEBJan 21, 2022 · English ivy or common ivy, Hedera helix, is an evergreen climber that creates a leafy backdrop on walls, fences, trellises, buildings and pergolas. It can also be grown in pots or as a house plant. Read about 20 of the best evergreen climbers. English ivy has two phases of growth.