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19ashe86
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What Type Of Ivy Is This??

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just bought this at the grocery store for 3 bucks. its just labeled green ivy and I was wondering if anyone knew what kind so I can google its needs/requirements... THANKS SO MUCH

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after a push in the right direction from Happy Days I think I may have found it!

https://www.exoticangel.com/plant-librar ... 374-design

what do you guys think? you think this is it??

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It's a push, IMHO, to call it ivy. Hedera helix usually has multiple leaves coming off a single stem. See this article (Wikipedia, so not authoritative, but good photos) for a few examples. Often called English ivy, always dreaded as invasive.

But that's only if it *is* H. helix.

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so what is it you think??



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