Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Are "Houseplants" out of Style?????, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
I've got two varieties indoors now - one is the Algerian Ivy that didn't do well in our winters so I bought a new one and the other one is new so I didn't put it in a big pot outdoors this summer. Next year I will do that. I may have 8 different florist ivy planted in large pots outdoors. They look a little bedraggled after winter but new leaves soon spiffy the pots up. I just have to watch out for the runners that hit the ground since they may get as weedy as regular English ivy (learned my lesson at the last house with that). Planted 3 small pots of it and in 4 to 5 years we were ripping it all out as it threatened to take over the front yard.

Here is some variegated ivy I gave my parents years ago. My mother has to keep the top trimmed so it won't take over the large redbud tree.