2. BOTANICAL NAME  H EDERA HELIX

3. PRONUNCIATION  HEAD - er - ah HE - licks

4. COMMON NAME  English Ivy

6. FAMILY  Araliaceae

7. Life Cycle  Evergreen Perennial

8. Growth Habit  Evergreen  Vine  Spreading

10. ARRANGEMENT  Alternate

11. LEAF  Ovate, often with lobes  Length 4”  Width 3”

12. MARGIN  Lobed when juvenile  Entire on reproductive growth

14. VEINS  Palmate

15. COMPOSITION  Simple

17. FLOWER  Insignificant

19. FRUIT  Black drupe

20. EXPOSURE  Part shade

21. GROWTH  Rapid

22. USE  Ground cover  As a foliage for floral work

23. DESCRIPTION  Most leaves are 3 - 5 lobed  Over 50 cultivars; ‘Curly Locks’, ‘Needlepoint’

25. DESCRIPTION  On older stems leaves may be entire and oval in outline quite different from new growth, particularly true of hanging stems

27. CULTURAL PRACTICES  Propagate by stem cuttings

28. PROBLEMS  Can be invasive once established  Difficult to establish

30. ZONES  5 - 9

31. NATIVE OF:  Europe

32. REFERENCES  Wyman’s Gardening Encyclopedia  Landscape Plants; Their Identification, Culture, and Use