Indoors
English ivy
Hedera helix
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
English ivy grows wild all over Europe, climbing trees and walls. In a pot it trails or climbs a support, and it catches dust from the air. It is toxic to cats and dogs, and the sap can irritate the skin.
English ivy and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- triterpenoid saponins (the leaves more than the berries): vomiting, stomach pain, drooling, diarrhea
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 9 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 5–24 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Cuttings in water
- roots usually after about 3 weeks; change the water every 7 days
- Grown
- in a pot, cutting in water
It likes cool, humid air; in a dry, warm room it gets spider mites. The shoots root in water.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.