What is the difference between ground ivy and english ivy and how do I get rid of it?

Answer 1

Ground ivy is a weed with a scalloped looking leaf--flat green. They get purple flowers in the spring. They are difficult to kill in your lawn but with some persistance you can do it.

English ivy is an ornamental. If has (usually) dark green shiny waxy looking leaves. The margins are usually cut, kind of the way a maple leaf is. If it gets out of control it can be very difficult to control also.

Best control is Bonide Chickweed Oxalis and Clover Killer or Ortho Weed*b*Gon MAX (not the reg. strength Weed*B*Gon). These two products are identical--they are like regular weed killer on steroids. Mix as directed and spray on a day above 60 degrees and dry for 24 hrs. On the English Ivy you may have to spray more than once even with this juiced up weed killer.

Answer 2

Ground ivy is a common name usually given to "Creeping Charlie", an invasive weed with small scalloped leaves, that grows prostrate, mainly in lawns. You can identify it by the heady smell it gives off when you run it over with a lawn mower. It is hard to get rid of it you let it go unchecked, but is fairly easy to pull, as its roots are shallow, and much can be pulled that is all attached to one plant with multiple stolons. It has nondescript purple flowers that appear in late spring/early summer or so. English ivy (Hedera helix) is the leathery perennial ivy that is often seen growing on old buildings, and can become invasive in that, once established, it can detrimentally affect a building's siding by actually penetrating it with its extremely attached-to-anything-like-glue growth habit. And this holds in moisture which can rot the substrate of whatever it grows on for support. It is not parasitic, but uses trees, buildings and so on for support for maximum light exposure. It can be grown as a houseplant with its attractive maple-shaped leaves, but it is bad luck to grow this plant in the house! So don't borrow trouble, and just let it grow outside, even if you're not superstitious. It will produce clusters of nondescript white flowers that usually attract wasps for some reason, followed by small berries, on older plants that grow outside. I have some growing as a ground cover where grass does not grow, OUTSIDE. It's nice to look at, but keep it in check, or it will take over.

Answer 3

ground ivy grows on the ground and english ivy talks with funny accent

really though i think its just the same thing... depends on the region you live in as to what they call it....