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Hedera helix |
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English Ivy |
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Northern Europe |
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Clinging vine with aerial roots |
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6-8 inches tall, when used as a groundcover,
growing 60 feet or more in height, with a spread
of 20 feet when grown as a vine. |
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Flowers are greenish white, borne in rounded
umbels, only on adult form. |
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Leaves are alternate, 1˝-4 inches long,
evergreen, dark green and lustrous, dimorphic in
shape, depending upon the age and height of
plant.
Juvenile form - simple, entire, with 3-5 lobes and whitish veins. Adult form ('Arborescens') -
simple, entire, rhombic or diamond shaped,
without whitish veins. |
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Fruit is a small, black, berry-like drupe,
ripening in April-May. |
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- 'Variegata' - leaves edged with
yellowish white
- 'Albany' - erect and shrubby
- 'Aureovariegata' - leaves variegated
yellow
- var. baltica - one of the hardiest forms
- 'Cavendishii'
- leaf margin variegated - White to yellow
- 'Conglomerata' - small leaves, stiff, upright
stems
- 'Erecta'
- more erect in habit
- 'Maculata' - leaves
spotted or striped with yellowish white
- 'Minima' - small lobed leaves, unstable habit
- 'Pittsburgh' - lateral shoots appear in most
of the leaf axils
- 'Rumania' - similar to 'Bulgaria'
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