forgot to menton as soon as i hit 'brush to curve ' the ivy appeared on the curve.


so then i went to 'tubes' and from that drop down went to 'turbulance' and picked 'tree wind'.

then i went to
'flow animation' and checked the two boxes, 'stroke time' and the one below it.
i set the time from 0 -1000 (making sure my time slider went tha far)