Ivy as an ornamental vine goes back to early Greek and Roman civilization. It is the only plant to find its way into two Christmas carols. In my native Holland, where it grows wild (it is native from ...

Few perennials grow well as houseplants due to low light levels and the lack of seasonal temperature changes. English ivy, however, adapts to a wide range of growing conditions and has many uses in ...

You don’t have to be brilliant to become an ivy leaguer – just smart enough to appreciate the attributes of ivies as houseplants. Botanists recognize 12 to 15 species of the genus Hedera – true ivies ...

When we bought the house we currently live in, we inherited a landscape that has many problems. One problem that becomes worse each ye ar is English ivy. It has reached the point where it is taking ...

Ivy as an ornamental vine goes back to early Greek and Roman civilization. It is the only plant to find its way into two Christmas carols. In my native Holland, where it grows wild, it could almost be ...