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Hedera
Also called Ivies, Blue Ivy Corals
Hedera is a genus of 12 to 15 evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the ivy family (Araliaceae), with common ivy (Hedera helix) the best known. Most grown plants are climbers that cling with aerial roots, and they are very adaptable in gardens and as houseplants.
Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. Several species are cultivated as climbing ornamentals, and the name ivy especially denotes common ivy (Hedera helix), known in North America as "English ivy", which is frequently planted to clothe brick walls.
Ivies are very popular in cultivation within their native range and compatible climates elsewhere, for their evergreen foliage, attracting wildlife, and for adaptable design uses in narrow planting spaces and on tall or wide walls for aesthetic addition, or to hide unsightly walls, fences and tree stumps. Numerous cultivars with variegated foliage and/or unusual leaf shapes have been selected for horticultural use.
The American Ivy Society is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Hedera, and recognises over 400 registered cultivars.
Ivies are natives of Eurasia and North Africa, but have been introduced to North America and Australia. They invade disturbed forest areas in North America. Ivy seeds are spread by birds.
Algerian Ivy · Azores Ivy · Canary Ivy · Colchis ivy · Hedera crebrescens · Hedera cypria · Common Ivy · Atlantic Ivy · Hedera iberica · Hedera maderensis · Hedera maroccana · Himalayan Ivy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hedera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
