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Cover walls, hide fences, decorate exteriors … Ivy is one of the climbing plants most beautiful that we find today, a simple and elegant species that gives a romantic and cozy touch wherever it is.
But, between how many types of ivy should we decide for the garden? Next in Green Ecologist we give you a hand by leaving you a list with the majority of types of ivy.
How is ivy
In reality ivy or hedera is not a single species but a genus of plants from the Araliaceae family, with up to fifteen different species of evergreen, woody and climbing plants.
Very dense in nature, any of these species blooms from spring to fall giving us some cute little yellow flowers as well as some fruits that are poisonous to people (you know, nothing to taste them!).
What are the types of ivy
The most known types of ivy are as follows:
- Algerian ivy (Hedera algeriensis)
- Azores ivy (Hedera azorica)
- Canary ivy (Hedera canariensis)
- Hedera caucasigena
- Caucasian ivy (Hedera colchica)
- Hedera cypria
- Common ivy (Hedera helix)
- Irish ivy (Hedera hibernica)
- Madeira ivy (Hedera maderensis)
- Hedera maroccana
- Nepalese ivy (Hedera nepalensis)
- Pastuchov ivy (Hedera pastuchowii)
- Japan ivy (Hedera rhombea)
- Hedera sinensis
- Hedera taurica
How to care for ivy
The care for any of them to develop healthy and beautiful are quite similar: A warm environment between 14 and 20º, a few hours of sunlight (also in semi-shade), a weekly watering in winter or a couple in summer and a little liquid fertilizer every two weeks.
In the event that you want to get a new specimen of the same plant, you must carry out a multiplication by cuttings taking a healthy stem of the plant to replant. If the environmental conditions are optimal at all levels, reproduction can be carried out at any time of the year (although it is better to avoid the colder months).
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