Best Ivy for ‘09
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- October
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From the Nursery Management and Production weekly email:
“Society names Hedera helix ‘Eva’ as Ivy of the Year
“American Ivy Society chose Hedera helix ‘Eva’ as its 2009 Ivy of the Year. ‘Eva’ was discovered in the early 1960s by Tage Melin in Hjallese, Denmark. It is a variegated bird’s-foot ivy that has foliage with a cream to white margin with a gray-green center. It is self-branching, but light pruning produces more lateral branching. It also produces long runners.
“Hardy to USDA Hardiness Zone 6, ‘Eva’ can be used as a houseplant and in all types of topiaries. It should be grown in medium to high light levels. Under low light the variegation fades to pale green. Under low temperatures the foliage takes on a pink shade.
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
