Ivy in poor soil

[jonereb]

I have a pin oak and need ground cover underneath. The soil is poor -- heavy clay with a somewhat sandy surface, probably where sand was dumped during the building of the house over 20 years ago. Anyway, I have no inclination to amend the soil -- too many other projects on the burner. I have a little ivy (English, I believe) and want to transplant it to this location. What's my likelihood of success?

 

[jonereb]

Okay, okay. I'll add peat moss and compost later this week. Gotta transplant that ivy before it starts growing too fast in it's current location.

 

[jonereb]

I added peat and garden soil with compost to a small section of the area that needs ground cover and transplanted English ivy from my back yard. After 3 days, everything looks good. I was concerned about transplanting ivy in August in Mississippi, but I guess ivy truly is impossible to kill.

 

[Robert Cummings]

What about some Heuchera Alchemilla or Ajuga all much nicer than Ivy ( in my opinion ) and all quite easy to grow.