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I've seen this argument go back and forth, but I love the look of ivy covered walls and I've heard it's great "natural insulation".

Will English ivy destroy the stucco and if so, is there one that will climb that won't destroy the stucco?

FWIW: I'm in zone 11

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Yes, it will destroy the stucco - Hedera varieties root into whatever they're on, so bricks, wood, mortar, stucco, they'll root into it. This doesn't necessarily mean serious problems unless and until you want to remove excess growth, at which point it will pull the stucco off the wall. Parthenocissus varieties (P. henryana, P. tricuspidata and the like) won't cause similar damage, provided the mortar or bricks or stucco are, preferably, newly finished (as in new build homes) or are in extremely good repair.

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