Description
H. helix – English Ivy – Common Ivy – This vigorous, European variable, self clinging climber or trailing perennial with 3 to 5 lobed, broadly ovate to triangular, glossy, dark green leaves, 1 ½-2 ½”’ long.Many cultivars have been selected and popular houseplants.
‘Thorndale’ – ‘Sub-Zero’ – has 2 ½” or more long, widely spaced, heart shaped, irregularly 5 lobed, dark green leaves that are slightly wider than long.The upper veins are pale green to white in winter
Can be used for groundcover,. Clothing walls and fences, covering tree stumps and arches, growing up pillars and posts and edging of borders, and for trailing from containers and as indoor specimens.Because they do not twine, they must be fastened to trellises, making them ideal for topiary or bonsai.All parts of ivy may cause severe discomfort if ingested, contact with sap or airborne hairs may aggravate allergies ir irritate skin.
zones 6-11
