Swedish ivy

I brought a nearly 6-foot-long string of dolphins, a spider plant, a rex begonia, a Swedish ivy cutting and a pothos cutting, nestling the newspaper-wrapped vines and plants into the same container with more help from my sister.

For shade, she likes the Kimberly queen fern and Dracaena lemon lime as thrillers; boxwood, coral bells, fancy leaf caladium and impatiens as fillers; and creeping Jenny, dead nettle, English ivy and variegated Swedish ivy for spillers.

Much like the Swedish ivy, it also can detoxify the air.

Despite its name, Swedish ivy hails from South Africa and isn’t even considered an ivy.

Last fall photographs were sought for a Living story about a particular Swedish ivy on the White House Oval Office mantel.