English Ivy Plant Care | Hedera Helix Vines | Ivy Houseplants
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- How to grow LONG, lush, beautiful English Ivy houseplants | Hedera Helix vines. Medium light houseplants, low light houseplants. Vining plants make beautiful eye catching statements in and around the home. There are numerous types of English ivy vines. Some ivy vines are fast growers, some are slow growers. Ivies can be propagated pretty easily by either root divide propagation or water propagation. The type of ivy this video focuses on is the California English ivy. California ivy is a fast grower and like most ivies. will grow well in medium light conditions. In this video I give my tips of how to grow healthy and thriving indoor ivy vines.
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Watering 04:34
Pots 04:55
Light 05:34
Humidity 07:01
Leaves 07:30
Prop 09:37
Thank you!!!!
“They make good travel companions” 😂 love it. I’ve never considered bringing plants on a road trip, but I’d like it better than many alternative companions 😁
😆 right? road trip buddy! Thanks for watching! 💚
I did not know that you needed to let them completely dry out between waterings. I always learn so much from your videos. Well done.
Thank you, I'm so happy to help! 💚
You’re such a light, thank you for the tips and the vibes!
Thank you shoogur for your kindness 🤗 and thanks for watching! 💚
Thanks! One nice thing to know is that English Ivy helps filter airborne toxins. So, to get a bit better sleep, place this evergreen vine in your bedroom. Apparently Ivy can reduce the airborne mold in a room in just hours.
Wonderful! Thanks!
I don’t know how I can keep a fiddle leaf fig alive but every ivy I’ve ever had dies immediately. Thanks for the tips!
Aww. hey thank you for watching! 💚
Same actually 😂
I’ve only had 1 ivy plant I’ve been able to keep alive and I have 150 plus houseplants
Mines too! I now live in GA and bought another one. I had four that died when I lived in AZ
Ivy is by far my favourite plant. There are so so many different types to chose from and they are all very beautiful. That "California" one looks amazing with these wide star-shaped leaves but I doubt I'll ever come across it in a store here in Europe. I agree, they are very sensitive to over-watering, which can be a bit tricky especially when autumn comes around and they suddenly need a lot less water than during the warmer months. Unfortunately they are also prone to spider mites when the humidity gets too low. I spray them with water during the dry periods and if they still get mites, I wash them off under the shower and spray the leaves with soft soap dissolved in water. It's worked pretty well so far. Btw the ivy plants with variegated leaves need more light than the green ones. The brighter the leaves, the more light they need.
Just bought my first ivy. I truly love it. Your video really helped me to understand this plant and hopefully I'm gonna have a ivy covered kitchen in like 5 years 😄
Wonderful! I am glad this was helpful. Thanks for watching! 💚
I have my guy on a moss pole! Thanks for the tips cause I have definitely tried about 12 times. Finally I pick the right one.
Yay! Wonderful, I'm happy to help! 💚
By one minute in I was already feeling happier. Thank you for sharing this video.
Wonderful! 💚 Thank you for watching!
Maybe it’s your husband’s gift presented with love that helped grow this particular plant so well. 😌
Truly, my favorite house plant 🪴
I immediately liked your video with your intro! You seem like such a sweet person! Just got a new baby ivy :)
I have some cuttings in water! They grew roots and I love how they look in a clear glass container.
Hey Cindy! That’s awesome 🤩
@Tiffany Moore I’ve had them for almost a year. They def like a lot of light. I put two cuttings about 6/7 inches long inside of a Patron bottle and filled it with water to the rim and there’s a ton of new growth!
I have not purchased an ivy plant in years. My results have been the same every time... spider mites. I stopped buying them for now. You are doing a great job by your Ivy. Highly impressed. Thanks for sharing.
aww, I understand. My next video will touch on that actually! Thank you so much for watching! 🤗💚
i just got an ivy plant and I am so happy to see that you have a video on them!!!
Just found you and love your enthusiasm with plants. Love your smile and the info is very helpful. Thank you!
I would personally love to give you a high five. Thank you for being the kind of content creator TH-cam needs.
Thank you for sharing, great tips this is my second attempt to grow an ivy , they are so pretty I'm hoping I can keep my new one alive now
English Ivy is amazing. It grows new leaves in place of the old shed ones.
I live in Germany and it's so true; very easy to take care of! 🙂
I clicked on your video cause you told me about it. I followed you because of your amazing knowledge and wonderful personality 🥰
Aww thank you so much! Being new with recording can be really challenging to remember everything. That made my day! 💚
I use a water globe in all my indoor plants, that has helped me so much. It gets water when it needs it, and when it's empty I just refill the globe.
first time here and already gathered so much information for my baby ivy :) ty!
What a great video! Thank you! My husband and I are trying to start an English ivy collection and this was very helpful. ❤
I just recovered a 2$ neglected, thirsty ivy... so far, so good, but I need to learn more! Thanks!
thank you for sharing ma'am, you have some beautiful ivy
In 40 seconds. Subscribed. You look warm and welcoming ❤
Thank you very much for kind words. Welcome! 💚
Looking like a plant lover, you earned my sub getting ready to buy one and doing the research needed
Hey that’s what I love to hear! Thanks for watching and subbing! 💚🤗
Immediately hit like and subscribe, I haven't even seen what your content is, but this video alone has me wanting more! Your explanations help me understand better where to place my baby English Ivy. Just adore you already lol got me itching to my plants more beautiful.
Im getting some Ivy tommorow and this really helped me understand how i should take Care of it!🌱💚
Just had to say really great energy and content mam...you made plain old ivy fun lol..sending you good vibes from VA !
I've always wondered how to grow them! Can't wait to try this! :)
thanks go for it!
Thank you so much for this video! I've just been gifted some California and Glacier ivy. I've only ever had succulents, pothos, and cacti so I was stressing
The intro was so humble and welcoming 😁💕
Because she says she is grateful, I have to click 👍 even before listening to her.
you have a beautiful plants i want this to my home 😊pretty cool
sending my support watching fr Hk
see you around
Thank you my friend! 💚 to you in HK!
Yes on the medium light! It always floors me when I hear people recommend bright light for ivy.
What an informative video! Thank you! 😊
You’re the best!! I’ve watched so many videos on English ivy care and have never related more to someone!! Also- I’m terrible at repotting plants. I never know when the right time is or the right size pot. I’d love for you to make a video on that 😫🙏💋
Hi Caitlin! Thank you for watching, I am so glad to hear this was helpful and relatable! 💚 Sure! I will be happy to make a video on that soon! thanks for suggesting that.
I have one and it loves water and plant food and lamp light it's growing great
Trying to get mine to grow. Thought I had a green thumb. Apparently not with ivy. Your plant looks beautiful.
Your babies are healthy, of course we should watch!!
Ooo, lovely content, and exactly what I was looking for!
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Thanks for watching! I am happy this was helpful. 💚
You have the most beautiful plants! Very lovely.
thank you friend! 💚
Thank you for your video, I enjoyed your simplicity and subtle passion ♥️♥️ keep it goin !
How sweet! Thank you so much for your kind words, that made my day! 💚
Thank you so much! I have an ivy that i home depot did so so dirty and i love her and want her to live on and i think i might be able to accomplish that now!
One suggestion: put a time stamp on key things you are going to say. You have a positive vibe but some people (like me) are pretty impatient and just want to get straight to the point.
Hi, thanks for watching. I am not sure if you noticed, but at the beginning of this video I had the time stamp listed, but thanks for the suggestion, I can also add the stamps to the description section. 💚
@@greenmable475 same here.. I think adding them in the description is more helpful. Thankyou for the insightful video! ❤
My first time watching your vid and omg I love it! ur happy bubbly personality, and all your info and help! Thanks xo
Hi Heidi! Thank you so much for your kindness. Wonderful! I am glad it was helpful. 💚
The video popped up when I was searching for ways to kill off invasive English Ivy in my backyard. Just watched a video where the most suggested thing to get rid of tons of ivy is glyphosate that would need to be sprayed continuously for months to kill apparently, potentially giving me cancer. It's odd how I am trying to kill that stuff off and in other parts of the country these are treasured houseplants :)
My English ivy has spent more time looking unhappy than happy 😭 right now it’s looking really bad… we’ll see if I can rehab it. Your video makes me want to buy another and try again if this one dies
Great video
I got my first ivy yesterday, honestly I didn’t even know what it was till I had my mum identify it for me. Put it in a red pot I had for a long time because the previous plant died and I’m heavily optimistic about my ivy finally not being a plant sacrifice 😭
How's this going, any luck??
You are so cute! And thank you for this video!
You are so welcome!
So, i bought English Ivy, Virginia creeper and Boston Ivy, here in Buffalo, NY.,. Zone 6. I want it outside for a chain link fence privacy in the city. As soon as i planted it, they got bitten up leaves bad, and of course weeds overcame them, I sprayed with Neem, seems better., Will these plants survive the winter, stay evergreen and mostly grow big for multiple feet?
I wish you the best with growing your channel! I love your personality. My ivy is dying lol :(
also, I clicked on your videos out of everyone else’s cause of the thumbnail pic of before and after ;) thanks for your tips!
Thank you so much for clicking and watching! 🤗I’m happy the impression was good; I recently changed it to this actually. Aww yeah unfortunately some ivies have expiration dates I’ve found.
Travel Companion ? LOL You more friends girl hehehe Just Kidding
I was hoping you’d mention crispy leaves. I got one of these at my local nursery, I have been doing everything as indicated, medium indirect light, moist soil, (I have it in a terracotta pot but I do have overwatering tendencies although I’m getting better) I don’t let it dry out completely and I keep a close eye on it using my moisture meter, but some leaves just look…crispy. I don’t know how to describe it. They’re not wilting, they’re not brown, just crispy and some even bumpy. Is this normal? Mine looks just like yours, all green no variegation, but the nursery had it labeled as “hedera helix ivy”. I’d like know if the crispiness is something I’m doing
Are they rootbound?
Rootbound or spider mites
you are soo humble 😍
Those plants look beautiful!! If love to fill my home with them
they really make a home more lovely. 💚
Myn is berry big and doing great I just love them
Great super hero name. The Green Mable.
I'm so excited to see a video with an ivy plant that looks just like mine! Thank you for explaining the bleached leaves. 🍃 I've recently noticed whitening on the top leaves of my ivy. After watching your video, I've learned that it's getting too much direct afternoon sun. I don't have a choice when it comes to windows, (only have front windows in my apartment) but I can move her further away. Also, would love to know what you think of grow lights and are they beneficial or needed for ivy plants such as ours. PS You give me confidence that I can bring more beautiful plants into my home, and keep them thriving with your help. Thank you ❤
Aww yay! twin ivies 🤗💚 I am so happy to help; thank you for watching! Grow lights can be beneficials for these, not but particularly necessary since they do well with indirect light. By moving it a bit further from the window, the ivy should be able to still capture enough energy from afternoon sun to grow happily.
@@greenmable475 Thank you for your reply! ❤ 🪴
@@forevergeralyn absolutely! 🤗💚
Lovely personality.
Aww I recently bought an English ivy and it was so beautiful and I accidentally over watered it and I'm down to like 3 vines with like 4 leaves 😢😢
Seen some English ivy outdoors might go cut some and repott it
You have the most beautiful plants!
thank you so much!
I like how you explain things in depth. I do have a question. Can an Helix Ivy that has been overwatered recover? If I back off watering the Ivies.
Thank you for sharing
Thank you for you extremely helpful video. I continuously kill my ivy. It starts out great and after about 2-3 months the leaves begin to fall off from the inside of the plant until the vines only have leaves towards the end of the vine. What am I doing wrong? My ivy was full and beautiful now it looks sparse.
If you are buying it from a store and haven't checked the roots, some plants will be constrained around the roots inside the pot. I've seen either one of those "biodegradable" bags or a little plastic container.
Not sure if this is your issue, but worth checking for anyone regularly experiencing die off after a couple months!
Just got some. Thankyou for sharing
Great. Thanks for watching! Enjoy 💚
My Ivy looks a little different from yours; mine has larger leaves It hasn't died, but has not grown in 9 months I'm totally perplexed Do you have any sugessions?
One of my favorite plants but I've had very little luck with them.
I have two ivy plants. Had them about a year now. They have probably doubled in size if not more . My only issue is that it's more length than fullness like yours. I was wondering if you'd be able to propagate and make the plant thicker. Also finding spots for it to live is hard so I've been using a grow light .
Yeah it is interesting that this varies between ivies. Pruning can help, I think it responded well to the light it received. I think the grow light should help. Thank you for watching. 💚
Just found your channel and I got an ivy plant and it just started dying on me so I just stopped paying attention to the plant and then I looked at the plant one day and it actually started looking better. Not sure if me watering it every week like my other plants is what was killing it. I would like to get another one. I bottom water my plants.
Im so sad. I got mine as a gift and she was doing well but some leaves are crispy dry and she just look so little and shrinking into herself. My room is so small I don’t really have more space for her and I really want her in my room. Right now she’s right by the windows. I’ll try move something’s around and see if I can put her away from the window. I’m gonna take her out of the nursery pot i got her in. What type of soil should I get? I ready that I should put pebbles and put them at the bottom of the pot and put the Ivy on top. Would you suggest that? I kinda wanna keep her forever because she was such a special gift. Thank you.
Hi there, thanks for watching. I suggest a pot with a sufficient drainage hole. Ivy are not too particular on types of soil; an all purpose potting soil will work just fine. pebbles are not necessary. It's wonderful to hold on to gifted plants, we want to do everything to keep them alive and healthy, right? 💚🤗
My English ivy doesn't grow for me. I'm in Fl so we have tinted windows. I'm thinking the bathroom would help it to grow. Ease any suggestions. Thank you
Thank you 😊
teracota potts helps to maintain air circulation with a root system so it drys faster.
Good tip for removing ivy from walls throw a spade down the brick wall to remove large areas
You seem like such a wonderful person and i hope you have an amazing day :D
They look awesome!
thanks! I try!
ohhhh now I want an english ivy plant
Go for it!
Hi. I currently have an ivy plant in my bedroom. I keep it by my window (she gets light, but not directly). Now, that's my problem, my mother watered the ivy too much and since I found out (that was 2 weeks ago) I didn’t watered her at all. I used to do it a little every 1 and a half / 2 weeks.
It has some dry leaves that still fall and the stems seem quite weak, they are no longer stiff, but not all the plant is like that, it also has healthy and very green leaves. Do you think it will recover? What do you think I could do to her?Thank you very much for all the information, you are gorgeous❤
Yes. I think it is possible to recover. Ivy plants are forgiving when you act quickly. 💚
@@greenmable475 Hey!I think you're right. I also think it was because of my conditioned air too, she was somewhere near it so i think it was to cold for her. I changed her place on my balcony(i have my balcony inside so she gets fresh air everyday,and sun). She still has sone healty(at least they seem to be healty) leavs and i removed all the dead ones.
Thank you so much for replying ❤️
Did your ivy ever recover? Because I had the same exact think happen. I watered infrequently and then suddenly I saw some crunchy leaves so I assumed she was thirsty and I watered a little too much and she was QUICK to get root rot. I was able to save some of it, but I killed 2 ivy plants and the parts I "saved" don't look great, just okay
My ivy has lost all the leaves due to them becoming crispy and dead. I removed them, and I have healthy looking naked stems. Is this plant hopeless now?
thank u
Thanks for the care tips! I just picked one up from Lowe’s. Said it was a California Fan Ivy. Wonder if it’s the same variety as yours?
I think so. Thanks for watching 💚
Very nice
lmao my ivy just hates me, half is dead half is thriving it’s so confusing
It may need pruning. lol. Thanks for watching! 💚
@@greenmable475 root pruning or like the leaves?
@@kristinan06 like trimming the vines where they are weak or dead-like.
Shoot, I won't water it more than I have😬. The pot I have probably needs a drain hole. Thank you for your expertise.
Can yoi cut and plant even if there is no root on it
I got an ivy at the grocery store. The grocery store let it dry out so the soil was shriveled and bounced around in the pot! It has about 8 vines that are not completely dry. Still flexible with dry leaves. I removed most the dry leaves. Now there's one small live leaf. I bought it near death. Any tips for bringing it back?
Try adding a top layer of peat moss to help with moisture retention when you water it.
I've killed four English ivy plants already, so hopefully this fifth one survives with the help of this video
It's ok, it happens. I hope this was helpful. Thanks for watching 💚
Ivy’s are such spider mite magnets, how do you deal with them?
Ya know, I never had issues with spider mites until we moved to this house. I try to deep clean more often and increase the humidity when I notice them. I do check the ivies most frequently.
Sprinkle true cinnamon on the top of the dirt, and if you do end up with spider mites, spray down the plant with water that had a couple cloves of garlic crushed into it. Works like a charm for me (especially when it comes to my sunflowers. Spider mites are a plague on them)
i can never get along with my ivies!! i’m hoping i’ll get it right this time🙏
I have one too they love water and plant food they love lamp light the bigger the pot the bigger the plant
thanks for this video! what kind of water do you use when watering your ivy plants? i just purchased an english ivy and have been giving it filtered tap water that i run through my pur filtration system. only one of the leaves appears to have a tiny brown spot/hole and i have no idea what to expect... it can’t possibly be a good sign ;-(
Hi thanks for watching! I've used either. For this type of plant I have not noticed any difference between using tap or filtered water. I wouldn't let it bother you, it may just be the one leaf has expired.
You probably figured it out by now, but I use only distilled on my plants and it makes a huge difference. I bought a dedicated distiller to serve all their needs. My plants never did as well with filtered or tap water. There are still a lot of chemicals in filtered water that can harm your plants. If it's too much to distill or buy distilled often, it would be a good idea to use it at least on the ones you will eat. Just my two cents!
We need more black women on the plant side of youtube!
Thank you for watching 💚
I once had an ivy that i used to water every other day, kept it low light and it was doing so well, amazing! It eventually died cause i forgot watering it. Fast fwd 2 yrs, got a new ivy, watered it the same and died in less than a week. Im confused! I got one this week and Ill try waiting until the soil is drier and hopefully it'll be ok, im still not understanding if it likes to be wait until dry or always be slightly moist.
I am learning still with mine. I have one in a very shady humid. spot outdoor that I don't water as often as I should, but it's doing fine. Whereas indoor it would be crumbling for water. Strange lol.
@@greenmable475 haha still learning too. Ive put it in a medium light place and hope for the best
Hi! Just found your channel while looking for help for the Pia Tree Ivy. Any advice? Is this a plant you'll review soon?
Hi, thank you for watching. I don't have that one, although I am familiar with it, it is quite beautiful. I may consider getting it now that you've mentioned that. 💚
@@greenmable475 It is; I think you'll like it. After watching this video I realized I was overwatering. After all, it's still an ivy hybrid. Hope mine survives!
Omg I love you sm
When propagating is it possible for the plant to survive if I don’t remove it from the water to put it in soil. but, keep changing the water?
There are plants whose roots can live in water: the pothos, spathiphyllum, philodendrons. I would imagine such is possible with the ivy. You may have to change it more frequently. When I propagated my ivy in water I nearly could not keep up with how often the water need to be changed; it was like every other day.
Hey, I have some ivy and I've had it in water for over a month and it's been thriving! It seems to be okay. You could always try LECA + water too if you aren't having luck just growing in water