Only older ivy plants bloom. Only when the ivy has reached its mature age will the flowers appear in autumn. Fruit ripening begins in spring. Interesting facts about the flowering period of ivy.
When is ivy blooming?
Ivy usually blooms in autumn, from September to October, if the plant is more than ten years old and in its mature form. The umbel-like flowers provide food for bees, hoverflies and wasps during this time.
Young plants do not bloom
Only when the ivy has reached its mature stage does it begin to bloom. This is the case if the plant is older than ten years. Young plants only form tendrils and do not flower.
Ivy blooms in autumn
In contrast to most native plants, the flowering period of ivy does not begin until September. The umbel-like flowers, which consist of up to 20 individual flowers, appear well into October. Due to the late flowering period, flowering ivy is a good source of food for bees, hoverflies, wasps and other insects that find little food in the fall.
The flowers develop into fruits containing seeds the following spring. The fruits are highly poisonous and must not be consumed under any circumstances. Therefore, flowering ivy plants should not be grown where children and pets live.
Offshoots of ivy can be grown from the fruits. The seeds must be stratified before they can be sown. To do this, they are placed in a plastic bag with a little sand and stored in the refrigerator for several weeks. Freshly harvested seeds often germinate even if they are sown immediately. It just shouldn't dry out under any circumstances.
Tip
You can propagate upright growing ivy that does not climb from the older form of ivy. It then forms compact bushes that, depending on the variety, have abundant flowers.
