"It can totally take over yards and make it impossible to grow anything in that location." Gardener shares video ...
but he told KIRO 7 that the ivy hasn’t been as popular in at least a decade. In fact, he tells us there are several other ground cover plants available for sale that people are buying instead.
According to Ross, English ivy is a very popular plant people use in their homes and gardens as ground cover. The ivy spreads very quickly and has almost no ecological value. No insects eat it.