Q.Ivy
IVY is invasives and are out of control and smothering our trees. Please remove ivy from your list. There are so many great native alternatives – aster divaricatus – christmas fern plus many others – tiarella cordifolia – pachysandra procumbens (allegheny spurge) Check out some university agriculture extensions. My suggestions were for the mid-atlantic area. To determine native species by area http://bonap.net/NAPA (Biota of North America). Thank you for your consideration.
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