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    Ivy leaf

    Jun 12, 2019 3 minutes
    Words DR KAREN BRIDGMAN

    Also known as common or English ivy, Hedera helix, is a species of evergreen flowering vine and a very familiar sight in gardens and waste spaces or climbing house walls and tree trunks. Native to Europe and western Asia, it can grow up to 30 metres high, clinging strongly with its aerial rootlets to vertical surfaces. It can also be grown as a groundcover.

    Ivy prefers darker, non-reflective and rough surfaces with neutral pH for

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