AT A GLANCE
What does ivy look like?
this native, evergreen climber recognize you at jagged, dark green foliage with a bright drawing of the veins. Cultivated forms impress with their colorful leaves or the almost white parts of the leaves. The mature form forms inconspicuous green-yellow umbel flowers in autumn, from which black-blue berries develop.
What do the leaves of the ivy look like?
The wild form forms Hedera helix dark green leaves with three to five lobes. The light leaf veins stand out clearly. After about ten years, as the ivy transitions into mature form, the spikes flatten out and the foliage is heart or diamond shaped.
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At low temperatures in autumn and winter, the leaves remaining on the climbing plant during the cold season turn bronze-brown or pink to dark red, depending on the variety.
Does the ivy form flowers and fruits and what do they look like?
From the age of about ten years, the ivy adorns itself inconspicuous, very nutritious for bees Blossoms, from which dark berries develop.
- The flowers are colored greenish yellow. They appear from September and stand together in dense umbels.
- The up to a centimeter large, spherical berries are black-blue. They reach maturity between February and March.
Attention: All parts of the ivy, especially the ivy fruits, are toxic to humans.
Which growth form is characteristic of the ivy?
ivy is a climbing plant, those with theirs green to red-brown shoots and the clinging roots climbs independently and can reach heights of up to twenty meters. From around the age of ten, Hedera helix forms upright, thicker branches with light gray bark that no longer climb.
This age form of ivy that no longer forms clinging roots, are available in stores as a special breed under the name Hedera helix 'Arborescens'.
Tip
There are many varieties of ivy
Some of the visually pretty cultivated forms of ivy are only suitable for indoor cultivation. This applies in particular to plants whose jagged foliage has a white edge or light-colored parts of the leaf. However, there are also very attractive, variegated varieties that are suitable for year-round cultivation in window boxes and gardens.
