1. Hedera helix HEAD - er - ah HE - licks COMMON NAME: English Ivy FORM: evergreen, vine climbing by aerial rootlets or a prostrate groundcover Arrangement: alternate Composition: simple Margin: lobed when juvenile –entire on reproductive growth

2. Veins: palmate Leaf: length 4”, width 3” Flower: insignificant Fruit: black drupe Used as a foliage for floral work Most leaves are 3-5 lobed Over 50 cultivars On older stems leaves may be entire and oval in outline quite different from new growth, particularly true of hanging stems Zones 5-9

3. Hedera helix