Identify this please

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  1. HBK

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    This plant has been growing at the back of my garden for years and I've always liked it because the birds love to hide in it. I've only recently wondered what it actually was because I took 3 cuttings of it and am patiently waiting for them to root.

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  3. Phil A

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    Hi HBK,

    You got a variagated Ivy there, very nice & very good for late nectar for bees & insects.
     
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    I agree with Ivy, possibly Hedera colchica Variegata.:gnthb:
     
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    Yep, Ivy. If you are trying to take cutting, look out for a piece that has the root like suckers that it uses to attach to walls already visible and take the cutting from there. It roots quite easily then.
     
  6. HBK

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    Common ivy eh? I was worried it was something plain like that when I asked for identification. I assumed ivy it was the buds on it though that threw me as I'd never noticed them on ivy before. Thanks everybody.
     
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    When "common ivy" gets to the top of the tree (or wall or whatever and can then see the sky) it changes to look like that - i.e. bush-up and flower like that :)
     
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    If it`s H. colchica ( Persian Ivy ), it`s not that common a form.:gnthb::D
     
  10. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Looks like H. canariensis to me:)

    Be interested to know what type of growth you took the cuttings from HBK, if you took them from the top flowering growth you will get a "Tree" ivy, a non climbing shrub, if you took them from the lower growth you will get the usually seen climbing plant.
     
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    I don`t think there is enough variegation on HBK`s plant for it to be canariensis.:gnthb:
     
  12. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    It loses a lot once it gets adult growth, or growing in shade
     
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    There would seem to be 2 possibilities.

    1. Hedera algeriensis Gloire de Marengo. ( Previously known as Hedera canariensis variegata) Common name Algerian ivy.

    2. Hedera colchica Dentata Variegata. Common name Persian ivy.

    I understand that Hedera algeriensis Gloire de Marengo has shiny leaves. While Hedera colchica Dentata Variegata has matt leaves.

    It is very difficult to say which from a pic!
     
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