Terrace planting

My wife, who's the plant maven on our terrace (and she had her own large terrace before we met at her old apartment), says the best place is the greenmarket on sunday morning at 77th and Columbus schoolground. There are a couple of growers there. If no go, she says there is a plant shop on 96th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam (north side). She says that for planters, these places will have multiple ivy choices.

Thank you malraux. Those are the places I had in mind and luckily you confirmed.

westelle and malraux...what type of fencing do you envision with the eng ivy? like a wooden lattice type of fence around the terrace perimeter? i would like to set up this look for my space as well...thanks.

Ah, climbing ivy - that's a little different.

My beautiful wife says some ivy climbs (the plant has little suckers on it that allow it to attach to building material) and some doesn't. If you want climbing ivy, you have to be specific about that at the garden shop. As for what you can attach it to, pretty much anything - wood, brick, etc., but it needs a goodly amount of sunlight.

English ivy climbs like a fire. I think it's possible to use strong strings instead of lattice.