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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. Veins: palmate
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HederahelixHEAD - 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
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