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Hedera iberica

Hedera iberica
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hedera iberica is an evergreen climbing ivy native to western Iberia and northern Morocco, growing up trees, walls and cliffs or as ground cover. It is hardy and easy to grow, and it is tolerant of a wide range of conditions.

Family
Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry out slightly between waterings.
Soil
Any well-drained garden soil or peat-free potting mix.
Temperature
5–25 °C; hardy to about -10 °C, protect young plants from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Toxic: Leaves and berries contain triterpenoid saponins that can cause stomach upset if eaten in quantity, and sap can irritate the skin.
Native range
Portugal to S. Spain, N. Morocco
Climate
temperate

About

Hedera iberica is a species of ivy (genus Hedera) which is native to the western Iberian peninsula (Portugal and southwest Spain), and northern Morocco. It was formerly classified as a sub-species named Hedera maderensis iberica in Hedera maderensis (K. Koch ex A. Rutherf). The Iberian subspecies was subsequently classified as a distinct species. It grows on slopes, rock, soil, trunks of trees.

Other Hedera plants

Algerian Ivy · Azores Ivy · Canary Ivy · Colchis ivy · Hedera crebrescens · Hedera cypria · Common Ivy · Atlantic Ivy · Hedera maderensis · Hedera maroccana · Himalayan Ivy · Persian Ivy

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hedera iberica 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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