Hedera hibernica

Common name: Atlantic ivy

Family name: Araliaceae

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5

Mature height and spread:  8-12m; 4-8m

Form: evergreen vine

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: moist but well drained

Leaf arrangement: long petiole; palmatly five lobes; smell strong when stem broken

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): yellow-green flowers in clusters; black berries

Limitations: invasive, kill the plant it grow on

Suitable uses:  banks, slopes, flower borders

Quick ID description:  five lobes; strong smell when stem broken; black berries

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