If you want your ivy to stay where you put it, choose a slow-growing variety.
Here are some thirty of them.
They can be placed in a pot, in a rock garden or in a bed with other perennials.
Hedera helix 'Cavendishii Semi Arborescent
Thick, yellow variegated foliage; some shoots bear fruit.
Climbing ivy, with very short internodes.
Hedera helix 'Buttercup'
Hedera helix 'Buttercup' is an ivy with attractive, small to medium-sized leaves, yellow-gold when cultivated.
Hedera helix 'Ria'
A stocky, slow-growing variety, the plant is sparsely branched, and the stems, with spaced internodes, bear 3-pointed leaves.
Hedera helix 'Dicke Von Strauss
This ivy is a fasciation of the 'Stuttgart' cultivar. Its growth is very dense, almost vertical.
The size of the
Hedera helix 'Amber Waves
This pretty ivy has dark green leaves mottled in the center with a luminous yellowish-green that turns green in the summer.
Hedera helix 'Anita'
Small green leaves, compact bushy habit.
Very short internodes and slow growth.
The leaf forms a tiny arrowhead.
Hedera hibernica 'Zorgvlied
Mature, slow-growing ivy forming a small bush. Plant in sun or part-shade. Beautiful winter colors.
Hedera helix 'Little Witch'
Original twisted foliage, practically sessile, light green becoming darker when cold.
Not very branchy, slow-growing, this variety is
Hedera cypria 'Coon Hollow' - Cyprus ivy
Hedera cypria 'Coon Hollow' is a very interesting but rare ivy.
It is a cultivar of the Cyprus ivy.
It forms small
Hedera helix 'Ivalace'
It tends to self-ramify, growing slowly with internodes of 1.5 to 2.5 cm.
The numerous young shoots