Hedera helix
Medicinal Plant
Common plants can help remove indoor air pollutants...before being placed in gas-tight glass jars. Of the 28 species tested, Hemigraphis alternata (purple waffle plant), Hedera helix (English ivy), Hoya carnosa (variegated wax plant), and Asparagus densiflorus (Asparagus fern) had the... In this article: Hedera helix, Benzene, Octane, Insecticide, Purple Heart, Trichloroethylene, Decane, Alpha-pinene, and Hexane |
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Wikipedia | October 23, 2009
Hedera helix
Hedera helix (Common Ivy) is a species of ivy native to most of Europe, from Ireland northeast to southern Scandinavia, south to Spain, and east to Ukraine and also northern Turkey in southwestern Asia. The northern and eastern limits are...
In this article: Invasive species, Cough, Contact dermatitis, Kudzu, Toxin, John Gerard, and Australia
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Charlotte Observer | September 07, 2009
Here's how to get a head start on your lawn
...including Vinca minor, pachysandra, hardy ferns and ajuga. Plus you don't have to mow them. I do not recommend English ivy even for large natural areas because it runs wild and is very hard to control. But I do like various woodland...
In this article: Herbicide, English ivy, Oxygen, Vinca minor, Mark Twain, and Piedmont
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | August 28, 2009
English ivy's better kept in its place
...sound like much of a confession. But to gardeners and people who enjoy walking in the woods, those are fighting words. English ivy (Hedera helix) leads invasive plant lists in many states, including Pennsylvania. Imported centuries ago as...
In this article: Chester County and Pennsylvania
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West Seattle Blog | July 31, 2009
West Seattle Weekend Lineup: Edible Garden Tour, lots more
...and the whole neighborhood are invited to come help restore a piece of creation on the corner of SW Hanford and California Ave SW. All the English ivy and other invasive plants on the south side of St. John's along Hanford St. need to be...
In this article: Lincoln Park, Seattle, St. John's Episcopal Church, and Comedy of Errors
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Centre Daily Times | June 21, 2009
Indestructible' ivy causing headaches in the Ivy League
...problem by cultivating the wrong ivy. Two kinds show up on most campuses, Peirot explained. The one she favors is English ivy, aka Hedera helix, an invasive, evergreen species that has no predators. It's hard to kill but slow-growing. The...
In this article: Headache, Harvard, Ivy League, Invasive species, and Cornell University
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Vermanes Garden
...sempervirens (European box), Buxus arborescens (Boxwood tree), Ilex aquifolium (European holly), Ilex laurifolia, Berberis aquifolium (Oregon grape), Rhododendron catawbiense, Yucca flamentosa (Adam's needle yucca), Hedera helix (Common ivy) .
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HowStuffWorks: Daily Stuff Feed | May 27, 2009
Best Plants for Window Boxes Basics
Pink (Dianthus x allwoodii Doris): clove-scented pink flowers in early summer and again in September; show pearl is white. Ivy (Hedera helix tricolor): trailing evergreen growth has pale green leaves with a white rim that flushes to...
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Aralioideae
...notable species are the Angelica-tree (Devil's Walking-stick, ''Aralia spinosa), the Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus), or Common Ivy (Hedera helix). They are traditionally divided into a number of tribe s. More recently it has turned out...
In this article: Devil's Club and Ginseng
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Telegraph.co.uk - Gardening | November 17, 2008
Elspeth Thompson's garden choice
Clipped box, Pittosporum tobira, silverleaved lavenders and santolinas provide colour and structure all year, while the golden ivy Hedera helix 'Buttercup' (4) is like a splash of sunshine against the stones. The bleached plumes of...
In this article: Hepatica, Warwickshire, and Staffordshire
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www.washingtonpost.com | August 29, 2008
Training the Climbers: A Guide to Vines
Otherwise, plantings should be planted on supports a few inches away. You may wish to use trellises in front of masonry for English ivy ( Hedera helix). Here are some suggestions for tough vines to plant: ยท Boston ivy. New growth...
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Hedera helix (species name from Ancient Greek "twist, turn"), also called Ivy, Common Ivy, or English Ivy is a species of ivy native to most of Europe,along the west coast of South America, southwest Asia and Australia. It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 20-30 m high where suitable surfaces (trees, cliffs, walls) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces. It holds on to tree bark and rock by means of short adhesive rootlets. The helix part of the name refers to where there are spirals in the leaves.
The leaves are alternate, 50-100 long, with a 15-20 cm long petiole; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the top of rock faces. The flowers are produced from late summer until late autumn, individually small, in 3-5 cm diameter umbels, greenish-yellow, and very rich in nectar, an important late food source for bees and other insects; the fruit are small black berries ripening in late winter, and are an important food for many birds, though poisonous to humans. The seeds are dispersed by birds eating the fruit.
Plants in southeast Europe and southwest Asia (Greece, Turkey) are treated as a distinct subspecies Hedera helix subsp. poetarum, differing in orange ripe fruit.
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