Yes, this can easily be transplanted. However, Ivy can be invasive. It can grow beneath siding, find its way into your home through window trim, and destroy the mortar on bricks. I strongly recommend keeping it OFF your home. Despite the wonderful photos of old buildings with ivy covered walls, I recommend against it. There are other, less invasive vines to add interest to your porch columns.

No one is more an advocate for English ivy (which this is), than I. However, it is a plant best for sizable areas, not cute little places like growing up wrought iron porch columns. It would make the climb fine, but not behave well after that. It can be a brute. The points made above are good and true. If it is already in your neighborhood, I wouldn't get much bothered about its invasiveness, since it would take every neighbor working in concert to do something about it. Instead, accept and use it wherever it is useful .... large areas ... large shaded or sloped areas. It is not the groundcover for confining to tiny beds.

@Kentc ... that it eats children would have been good information to know at certain points in the past. Oh well, too late now. :-(

Thanks. We have the ivy growing in our backyard. I’m going to try to transplant and see how it goes.

Would this piece be ok to place in water until I see roots?

Yes. Or, just pull up a strand until you break its roots...and you can then take that plant, roots and all, and stick it in the ground, bury it, and water it. It is VERY hardy.

PS: I have huge beds of English ivy in my yard as well as pachysandra. And I prune and trim it back all the time. I also pull it off the house when I see it climbing up my brick walls (it leaves little footprints behind that I have to scrub off!). I love the way it looks. But it knows that I am in charge! PS: It grows quickly. A sleeping dog can be overcome by it! (Wink!)

Thanks so much! I tried finding the roots but was wrangling my 1 year old as well 🤪. Any special soil I need to plant it in or just straight in the ground? Excited to see roots!!

Just use a flamethrower. But it will need to be a repeat application every do often.

Just stick it in the ground where you want it to go. When you rip it up, you will pull it out and find roots at intervals. That portion of the ivy strand is what you need to bury. And just keep it moist. It will grow.

Dig/pull up a piece with some roots and bury the whole thing, leaves and all, in the new spot. Eventually, it will sprout. You can let some leaves be above ground, but if too many, it may dry out before sprouting. Alternatively, you can take cuttings, 6"-8" length of leading edge growth, dip them in Rootone and place in a rooting medium in the shade, keep them moist, and by this method can make hundreds of rooted plants.