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Ivy conquers house walls and trees, covers the ground with a thick blanket of leaves and is one of the best air purifiers in the room. There are 20 species and more than 700 varieties in our latitudes alone. Many natural gardeners value it because it flowers very late in the year and then provides food for birds with its berries in late winter. And some hate it because it grows too fast and conquers everything... There are many myths about ivy - for example that it destroys house walls or "strangles" trees. None of this is true!