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| What climbs, trails or
makes useful ground cover, comes in
different shapes and colours, is evergreen, hardy and happy in shade?
Only the
ivies (or hedera to give the genus name) have such a combination of
attributes. Contrary to common belief, there are hundreds of varieties of hedera, large and small, an assortment of leaf shapes and many are variegated. Hedera are not the poison ivy, which is Toxicondendron radicans, and you will have to search for a case of true ivies doing any harm. Furthermore, they do not damage walls in good condition. The ivies are sadly under-rated plants which can be included with considerable advantage in almost every garden. |
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The "photograph" above is a scan of a real piece of ivy
JOIN THE IVY ENTHUSIASTS The American Ivy Society is entrusted by the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants as the registration authority for Hedera Find out about the AIS at http://www.ivy.org These pages also have information on growing ivies |
READ
ALL ABOUT IT An excellent book to learn just about everything you need to know about ivies is The Gardener's Guide to Growing Ivies by Peter Q Rose Published by David and Charles 1996 |
| WHERE TO SEE OR BUY IVIES | ||
| NATIONAL COLLECTIONS IN THE UK Erddig (The National Trust) Near Wrexham LL13 0YT Fibrax Nurseries Pebworth Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 8XT www.fibrex.co.uk |
SPECIALIST
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For American sources see
http://www.ivy.org
And there are 100 varieties at Brownhill House
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