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{{Inc| Ivy. The common or English ivy is Hedera. Boston I. — Parthenocissus tricuspidata. German I.=Climbing Senecio and Herniaria glabra. Ground I.=Nepeta Glechoma. Kenilworth l.=Linaria Cymbalaria. Poison I. =Rhus toxicodendron. }} '''''Hedera''''' (English name '''ivy''', plural '''ivies''') is a genus of 15 species of climbing or ground-creeping [[evergreen]] woody plants in the family [[Araliaceae]], native to the [[Macaronesia|Atlantic Islands]], western, central and southern [[Europe]], northwestern [[Africa]] and across central-southern [[Asia]] east to [[Japan]]. On suitable surfaces ([[tree]]s and [[Rock (geology)|rock]] faces), they are able to climb to at least 25–30 [[metre]]s above the basal ground level. {{Inc| Hedera (ancient Latin name of the ivy). Araliaceae. Ivy. Ornamental woody rootnclimbing vines grown for their handsome persistent foliage. Evergreen shrubs, climbing by aerial rootlets: lvs. alternate, long-petioled, entire or coarsely dentate or 3-7-lobea: fls. perfect, pedicelled, in umbels arranged in terminal racemes or panicles; calyx 5-toothed; petals and stamens 5; ovary 5-celled; style short, cylindric: fr. a 3-5-seeded berry.—Five species (or 6, if H. helix chrysocarpa is considered a distinct species) in Eu., N. Afr. and from W. Asia through Cent. Asia to Japan. Monograph by Fr. Tobler, Die Gattung Hedera (1912); a good popular monograph is Shirley Hibberd's "The Ivy: A monograph, comprising the history, uses, characteristics, and affinities of the plant, and a descriptive list of all the garden ivies in cultivation." London, 1872. Many araliads have been described formerly as species of Hedera which are now referred to other genera. The ivies are climbing shrubs, with inconspicuous greenish flowers appearing in fail, and black, rarely yellow, red or whitish berries ripening the following spring. Hedera helix is hardy in sheltered places as far north as Massachusetts; at the Arnold Arboretum a form introduced from the Baltic provinces. Russia, under the name H. helix baltica has proved hardier than any other form. All other species, also most of the variegated forms of H. helix and its var. hibernica, are tender, but the Japanese species has not yet been sufficiently tested. The ivy is a very valuable plant for covering walls, rocks, trunks of trees and trellis-work, and sometimes climbs very high. It may also be used for covering walls in cool greenhouses, for screens in drawing- rooms and for hanging-baskets. It is a popular window-garden plant, enduring many uncongenial conditions and thriving without bright sunlight. In shady places under trees it makes a handsome evergreen caret, and is also often used for borders of shrubberies or flower-beds. It grows in almost any soil, but best in a somewhat moist and rich one, and in shaded positions. The climbing or creeping branches do not flower; flowers are produced on erect, bushy branches, appearing on old, high-climbing plants only. Propagation* is by cuttings of half-ripened wood at any time of the year in the greenhouse or in frames, or, in more temperate regions, in the open ground in fall; gentle bottom heat will hasten the development of roots considerably; also increased by layers and by seeds which must be sown soon after ripening and germinate slowly, usually not until the second year. The slow-growing forms, especially the shrubby ones, are often grafted on cuttings of strong-growing varieties, as they do not grow readily from cuttings. H. glomerulata, DC., belongs to the genus Brassaiopsis and its correct name is B. glomerulata, Hegel {B. speciosa, Decne. & Planch.). A glabrous tree, with large digitate lvs.; lfts. 5-7, oblong-lanceolate, stalked: fls. in long pendulous panicles consisting of long-stalked globular heads of small Ms. S. Asia. H.M. 4804. Gt. 12:411. G.M. 32:367.—H. himalaica. Tobler (H. helix aurantiaca, Andre). High-climbing: pubescence scaly, gray or yellowish, the scales with many rays: lvs. of the sterile branches pinnately lobed with 2-5 lobes or teeth on each side, those of the flowering branches oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, cuneate at the base: fr. yellow. Himalayas. H.H. 1884:84. Var. sinensis, Tobler. Lvs. of sterile shoots entire or 3-iobed, of fertile branches elliptic or elliptic-oblong. W. China. H. japonica, Tobler (H. helix var. rhombea, Sieb. & Zucc.). Not high-climbing: scales of pubescence with many rays: lvs. elliptic-ovate to rhombic-ovate, those of the sterile shoots 3- or rarely 5-lobed, with broad middle lobe and small lateral lobes: fr. black, about 1/3 in. or less across. Japan, Korea {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== <!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== <!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== <!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== *''[[Hedera algeriensis]]'' – Algerian Ivy *''[[Hedera azorica]]'' – Azores Ivy *''[[Hedera canariensis]]'' – Canaries Ivy *''[[Hedera caucasigena]]'' *''[[Hedera colchica]]'' – Caucasian Ivy *''[[Hedera cypria]]'' *''[[Hedera helix]]'' – Common Ivy *''[[Hedera hibernica]]'' – Irish Ivy *''[[Hedera maderensis]]'' – Madeiran Ivy *''[[Hedera maroccana]]'' *''[[Hedera nepalensis]]'' – Himalayan Ivy *''[[Hedera pastuchowii]]'' – Pastuchov's Ivy *''[[Hedera rhombea]]'' – Japanese Ivy *''[[Hedera sinensis]]'' *''[[Hedera taurica]]'' ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Ivy uf1.jpg|''Hedera helix'' leaves Image:English Ivy Berries.jpg|''Hedera helix'' berries Image:Hederafuc hibernica2.jpg|''Hedera hibernica'' fruit Image:Hedera colchica0.jpg|''Hedera colchica'' flowers Image:Hedera colchica1.jpg|''Hedera colchica'' foliage Image:variegated-ivy.jpg|Variegated Ivy Image:Efeu.jpg|Tempelherrenhaus [[Weimar]] </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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