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Ivy leaves turning red
HazelA
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Hi,. I have a potted ivy in my garden that has been doing well for years but this year the leaves are turning red. This has never happened before. I'm hoping someone might know what is causing it?
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Hi Hazel - can we have a picture please? To post a picture you need to click on the green tree icon on the toolbar above where you type your post, and follow the instructions to upload a photo from your pc. unfortunately it doesn't work for phones yet.
When was the ivy last repotted and/or fed?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just to add, I think its only iphones that wont upload piccys, mines fine.
I have the same with my ivy. It's in a pot with goldcrest (I think it is) and creeping thyme ( I also think it is) and a eunymous. And its been there for a year about, never fed. So maybe that's the problem?
I would like to repot them, so would this be the time to do it?
I think red leaves on a pot-grown ivy are a result of stress - drying out or lack of food.
Unless it's a very, very big pot Jennifer, all those plants will struggle. They won't get enough nutrients and water to sustain them long term. I assume it's one of the small ivies rather than the large type for walls and fences, but even so, the conifer alone will take up a lot of the goodness that's there. You could repot them all now but consider having less in your container as well.
I'd agree with Liri re Hazels' ivy - they're extremely tough but even ivy needs adequate nutrition and water when it's in a confined space.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Right, well I'll repot them pronto. I have a fairly big pot to use.
I'd use a loam-based compost for those - they're going to be in the pot for more than one season.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.