Tree Ivy
Sources last read 13 September 2026.
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Also called Bush Ivy, Fatshedera and ivy tree.
Toxicity is partly unassessed
- Not assessed for cats. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
- Not assessed for dogs. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
- Not assessed for people. RHS publishes no harm statement for this plant. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
What the sources say about its care
Sources file this plant under other names: × Fatshedera lizei 'Annemieke' (v), × Fatshedera lizei AGM. Citations below point at the name its source uses.
- Light
- High light 150 fcClemson Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei** · read 13 September 2026Full sun, Partial shadeRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Water
- Moist but well-drained or Well-drainedRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Humidity
No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.
ASHRAE recommends indoor relative humidity between 30% and 60% 30–60%Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026- Temperature
How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.
H3 — -5 to 1°C -5 to 1 °CRHS · read 13 September 2026- Soil
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand; pH Acid or Alkaline or NeutralRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Toxic to cats
- Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Toxic to dogs
- Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Harmful to people
- No statement of harm to people is published for this plant; that absence is not evidence it is safe.RHS · read 13 September 2026
Routine care
- Propagation
- Softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings can be used to propagate it.NC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026Increase from softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Pruning
- Pruning for bushiness gives the plant a fuller, more shrub-like shape.NC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026Pinch out young growth for a bushier plant.RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Pests and diseases
- Can be troubled by banded greenhouse thrips.NC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026Under glass, mealybugs and scale insects can attack it. Disease is uncommon.RHS · read 13 September 2026
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About the plant
- Native range
- Europe, AsiaNC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026
- Growth form
- Ground Cover, Perennial, Shrub, Vine; habit climbingNC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026Bushy (evergreen)RHS · read 13 September 2026
- Size
- Height 36–60 in; width 36–60 inNC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026Height 1.5-2.5 metres; spread 1.5-2.5 metres after 10–20 yearsRHS · read 13 September 2026
- Flowering
- Flowers green, white; blooms in fallNC State Extension, filed as x Fatshedera lizei · read 13 September 2026Flowers green in autumn; white in autumnRHS · read 13 September 2026
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Sources
- ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
- Clemson Extension · read 13 September 2026
- NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
- RHS · read 13 September 2026
What this does not cover
The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.
Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.
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