Ivy doesn't just crawl or climb. Some form small shrubs. This is what we call bush ivy.
Some varieties have this habit as soon as they emerge. This is the case of 'Erecta', or 'Congesta', for example. Others evolve to this habit as they approach or reach maturity.
Here you'll find a selection of twenty shrubberies that are particularly suitable for pots or rock gardens, for example.
Hedera helix 'Parasol' (Parasol)
A variety with a compact shrub border and slow growth.
Foliage is scurved at the edge of the blade, long petioles give
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 'Very Merry'
Compact, shrubby variety, not very vigorous.
The light-green leaves are small (1.5 to 2 cm), oval-elliptic, resemble
Hedera helix 'Congesta'
Low-growing shrub.
The clump of this variety is topped by leafy stems like slender candlesticks.
Variety
Hedera helix 'Cheap Thrills'
Compact shrub form for ground cover or pots. This habit is due to a fasciation that increases
Hedera helix 'Humpty Dumpty
Adult form of Erecta, slow-growing, forming balls of dark green foliage.
A boxwood substitute for some landscapers.
Blooms in
Adult Hedera helix 'Nadine
A very pretty bush with variegated yellow-green and apple-green leaves on a cream to white background.
Suitable for all
Hedera helix 'Pegasus
A mutation of 'Medusa', with more pronounced cristation and more lobed foliage.
Shrubby habit, beautiful upright green leaves.
Hedera helix 'Peppermint Arborescens
Mature form with thick, marbled foliage, streaked with light green to cream.