Ivy (Hedera) are perhaps the most ornamental of all spreading evergreen groundcover plants. They are ideal for use on slopes, embankments and hillsides or to cover large landscape spaces. Ivy plants are very popular as a groundcover in landscape beds and as an under plant beneath a tree. They are great in pots, planters, window boxes and hanging baskets, where their vines will cascade over the container's edge.Ivy is not tolerant of extreme drought or extended wet soil conditions.