English ivy replacement?

[Anonymous]

I want to rip out English ivy that covers a significant portion of our sloping back yard and replace with a less invasive native plant. Lots of mature trees, so it is shady. Was thinking creeping phlox, the partial shade variety, but not sure if it is a good substitute?

[Anonymous]

Creeping phlox will be a good substitute. If you want more variety, try Golden ragwort (Packera aurea), Green and gold (Chrysogonum), Dwarf crested iris, various sedges (https://mtcubacenter.org/trials/carex-for-the-mid-atlantic-region/), Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), etc.

[Anonymous]

I'm trying lamium as a groundcover in dry shade

[Anonymous]

Virginia creeper seems to grow well in the same places my English ivy did.

[Anonymous]

I just bought a ton of chrysogonum virginianum (pierre) to replace a huge amount of ivy we pulled from a shady area. I don’t have it yet, but I’m hoping it works out.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the excellent advice! A maybe silly follow up question: I was looking at green and gold as an option but am also trying to get rid of lesser celandine - don’t they look somewhat similar? I’m not much of a gardener and afraid I’ll be confused by the two. Feel like I should be staying away from anything small creeping and yellow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the excellent advice! A maybe silly follow up question: I was looking at green and gold as an option but am also trying to get rid of lesser celandine - don’t they look somewhat similar? I’m not much of a gardener and afraid I’ll be confused by the two. Feel like I should be staying away from anything small creeping and yellow.

Lesser celadine is non-native and wildly invasive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the excellent advice! A maybe silly follow up question: I was looking at green and gold as an option but am also trying to get rid of lesser celandine - don’t they look somewhat similar? I’m not much of a gardener and afraid I’ll be confused by the two. Feel like I should be staying away from anything small creeping and yellow.

IRL, they aren't similar looking plants. But, if you're unsure about your ability to tell the two apart, you should stay away from green and gold.

[Anonymous]

Just plant a whole bunch of Pennsylvania sedge. It’s native and needs virtually zero care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the excellent advice! A maybe silly follow up question: I was looking at green and gold as an option but am also trying to get rid of lesser celandine - don’t they look somewhat similar? I’m not much of a gardener and afraid I’ll be confused by the two. Feel like I should be staying away from anything small creeping and yellow.

IRL, they aren't similar looking plants. But, if you're unsure about your ability to tell the two apart, you should stay away from green and gold.

They are quite different looking...not hard at all to tell green and gold apart from lesser celandine. Marsh marigold is the native that looks a lot like lesser celandine...that could be more confusing.

[Anonymous]

I have a similar slope. How are you planning to get rid of the ivy and how soon after can you plant a replacement?