General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: up to 36 feet (12 m)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Fragrant
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late fall or early winter
Winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Other: Only on adult form
Flower Color: Green
Other: greenish white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
Topiary
Uses: Provides winter interest
Groundcover
Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Pollinators: Wasps
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious

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Common names
  • English Ivy
  • Common Ivy
  • Ivy

Photo Gallery
Location: Loch Raven Reservoir
Date: 2023-11-02
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-09-27
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-06
Location: Northumberland, UK
Date: 2016-04-22
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-15
Location: Fairfax, VA

Date: 2019-06-03
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-11-24
mature vine climbing brick wall
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-23
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-17

Date: 2020-01-11
Unripe fruit
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2008-06-10
vine climbing on lightpost
Location:  
Date: 2010-02-14
This evergreen vine should never be allowed to cover a tree howev
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-03
Location: Alnwick, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2009-09-23
Location: Northumberland, UK
Date: 2009-04-25
Location: Seville, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-05
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-03
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-05
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-17
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: November 25, 2021
English ivy #7 nn; LHB p.746, 152-9-1, "Classical name for ivy."
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-12

Date: Dec 17, 2020
Location: Northumberland, UK
Date: 2009-05-02
Mature form
Location: Northumberland, UK
Date: 2013-12-24
Location: Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-03-24
Mature form with berries

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-03-28
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-03-31
Hardy in the winter.
Location: Garden
Date: 2016-11
Location: Fairfax, VA | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-06

Date: 2020-10-10
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-01-11
from different yards
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2009-12-20
Invasive, wild, mature vines on trees
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-03-27
mature vine on tree, probably wild and not planted
Location: Madrid, Spain | April, 2023
Date: 2023-04-08

Photo ny Wiki Commons user: TeunSpaans
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 17th December 2012
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 1993  Cotswolds  England
Hedera helix
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-12-17
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-10
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-10
Location: Nature reserve, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-01-10
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Bonsai--started 1969, trained since 1989, donated by Gordon Hoial
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Bonsai--started 1969, trained since 1989, donated by Gordon Hoial
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Bonsai--started 1969, trained since 1989, donated by Gordon Hoial
Location: North Central TX Zone 8a
Date: 2017-11-20
Escaping through the neighbor's fence
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-03-28
Location: Murray, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-03-28
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-06-03
Jewelwing on leaf.
Location: Kent, UK
Date: 21.05.2016
Just brought it to it's new home from store!:-)
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-11-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-11-13
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2014-05-27

Credit florum
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Date: February 2017
Location: Arkansas
Date: 2019-07-31
Location: Olinda, Maui, Hawaii
photo by Forest & Kim Starr
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-03-27
growing along ground
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-03-26
trunk of wild, mature vine on ash tree

By Luis Fernández García (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-2.5-es (http://cr

By Kenraiz, Krzysztof Ziarnek (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.or
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 1999  August
Hedera helix   variegated leaf
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2-17-15

Credit florum

Date: March 12th, 2013
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Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 1, 2020 8:53 AM concerning plant:
    What we call English-Ivy is native to Europe, especially southeast Europe where it is a shrub with vine-like extensions. It is one of those plants that are romanticised, with people thinking of a cute woody vine (liana) on cottage walls. I think it makes a great houseplant or as annual use outdoors, if one has one of the many cultivars with variegated leaf markings. However, it escapes cultivation in the US in Zones 6 and higher and has become a horrible invasive vine when some birds eat the black fruit of the mature form and spread its seeds around; and big vines weigh down trees. As a groundcover and/or a vine in a yard, it needs constant supervision because it is so happy to grow out-of-bounds and grow into the space of other plants. I don't think it is worth the cost benefit ratio of having a big mass of this plant. Best to keep it all by itself. I've seen it sneak under vinyl siding of buildings when next to a building. The immature form has the beloved leaves of 3 to 5 lobes that are sort of maple-like, but the mature form develops unlobed leaves that resemble Catalpa leaves and it will bear the clusters of the slightly poisonous berry-like black drupes that mature in April-May. Fortunately, for USDA Zones 4 &5, English-Ivy does not grow up real high and change to the mature form.
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Jan 14, 2016 1:07 PM concerning plant:
    This is an invasive plant in Washington. It has escaped cultivation and has established itself in our parks and forests, where it literally strangles mature shrubs and trees. It can, however, be used judiciously if care is taken to prevent unwanted spread. It makes a beautiful accent to outdoor events, woven through trellises and as table decor.
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