Question
Please give me information on how to propagate English ivy? I have tried to start the ivy from cuttings in the past, and I was not successful. Pleas specify the season I can tempt to start it.

Answer
Hi Angie,
Thanx for your question.  English ivy is best started in Spring and Summer.  You can take a six inch cutting just below a leaf node and trim off all but the last two or three leaves.  Dip the cutting in a rooting hormone available at most nurseries and stick in a pot of soil.  Keep moist but not soggy.  Rooting should occur in a few weeks.  You can also root in a a glass of water.  Change the water as it becomes cloudy.  Again, trim off the leaves up to the last two or three on a cutting 6 inches long.  Don't put the cutting in a sunny window.  It will root better in a shaded though not completely dark area.  I hope this helps.
Tom