Indoor / outdoor ivy?

sshewolf
Your ivy is a house plant. The following may help:

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/growingivy.html

It's not ivy... I can't remember the more common name for it but it's Epipremnum aureum or Pothos (neither is the name I know it by):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipremnum_aureum

pothos is what I call it

Common name: "Devils Ivy" or "Golden Pothos&q
Common name: "Devils Ivy" or "Golden Pothos"
Latin name: Scindapsus aureus - syn Epipremnum aureum

Native to: Solomon Islands

Growth habit: A low growing vining plant generally not over 18" tall unless grown on a pole. Vines can reach 10 feet in length.

Flowers: No

Temps: Normal indoor temps

Humidity: Not critical.

Pests: Not affected by many pests, but I have seen Mealy Bug on rare occasion.

Lighting:

Houseplant: 6" Golden Pothos Hanging Basket

Houseplant Cultural information: All of the family members of the Scindapsus or Pothos family are amongst the easiest houseplants to grow. Anybody can keep one alive and thriving, even those with a black thumb!

There are four main varieties of this very popular houseplant that is readily available; Pothos Gold, Pothos Marble Queen, Jade Pothos and the newer chartreuse green Neon Pothos. They are all equally easy to care for.

When you first bring home a new Golden Pothos plant that was purchased from the local garden center, the plant will have an over abundance of leaves due to the excellent lighting conditions of the greenhouse. In the home or office environment lighting is not as good, so the Golden Pothos will naturally shed leaves during the acclimation process. Don't be to alarmed if your new Golden Pothos plant sheds 20 or 30 leaves during its first month at its new home.

Golden Pothos can be kept virtually anywhere in the home or office. If there is enough light to read by, you can grow a Golden Pothos in that location. About the only place a Golden Pothos won't thrive is full hot sun and total darkness.

Check the soil of a new Golden Pothos every few days for watering until you become familiar with the plants needs. When the surface soil has dried about 1/2" down it's time to water. Usually once a week. Water thoroughly all the way around the plant until water runs from the drainage holes. Excess water should be removed to help prevent root rot. Golden Pothos is not finicky about water quality, so regular tap water will be just fine.

Propagating Pothos is really easy. When the vines become unmanageable, trim them back to any where you like. The vines can be easily rooted in water or vermiculite. Once rooted, pot several vines together in any high quality houseplant potting soil available from our sponsor.

Fertilize Golden Pothos once a month when actively growing with Peter's House Plants Special. If inactive feed quarterly.

Golden Pothos is available from small starter plants in 3" pots to large hanging baskets. They are also grown on wood or foam totem poles in varying heights and several container sizes.

Shewolf, if you do decide to plant ivy, be sure to ask your landlord, if you are renting. Ivy will spread aggresively, covering a building and sometimes causing siding and roof tiles to come loose.

There is a small ivy, the Hahn's variety of Hedera helix, but I'm not familiar with just how aggressive it is, or if it grows outdoors in your zone. I'll say that my first thought was "eek, ivy in the air conditioner..." I think Algerian ivy is the most aggressive, as in head for the hills...

And, yes, that's pothos.


How about a nice espaliered something or other? Meaning a shrub that is pruned to grown against a wall....

Just to clarify, I wont grow any plant against the actual building.
Im building a small piece of lattice work that will be put into the bottom of the pot for the plant, and i will train the plant up the lattice.

make sense?

Now I know the reason I cant find it It isnt ivy .
Oh well.
It grows pretty quickly.. (at least for me it does).. i was hoping it would survive. Some of those leaves get HUGE if I dont prune them back.

Well, Ivy has little "feet" and will go through the lattice and attach to a building.

ON ESPALIERS

They don't have to be pruned in the "candelabra" form.

I'll be back with some kind of list and some photos.


MORE, AND PERHAPS A BETTER EXPLANATION

all i know about ivy i learned as a child

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Here's a partial list - although I'd avoid Ficus pumila like the bubonic plague.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG273#TABLE_2

I like star jasmine in espaliered form but it can get fast, thus needing to be kept from air conditioner openings, and the scent could be considered too strong.

Shewolf, what osso said. Ivy will reach out and climb on anything, not just a lattice.

Djjd, aren't you too young to know that song? My god, it is from my era, in the days of dinosaurs.

One more list. Some of the plants on these lists are trees, and if planted inground will get pretty big... but shrubs should be okinground or in a pot..

http://www.wilsonbrosnursery.com/AllAboutEspalier.html

Consider a clematis shewolf.

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantfinder/clematis_1.asp