Youdidwell!
There used to be plug-in for doing ivy… But it’s been a long while since it was last compatible… I think it was SketchUp 8… and the last version of vray that made any sense of its output was vray 2.1 
The Ivy plugin runs in SketchUp Make 2017 and can be useful, but by manually modeling the plant, I have better control over its shape and the number of geometries created.
very hard to tell which one is rendered 
So kind, thank you, @Cotty!
I thought the same. I would have bet that @mihai.s had himself mixed the two, and that the one with the more vivid colours was the render! 
Thank you, @Anssi, nice thought!
It is a pleasure for me to create models with bougainvillea from Greece, it reminds me of the vacations in the Greek islands.
- behind the scene (Mid-RES)
Quads in SketchUp
Twinmotion 2021.1
Direct Link for SketchUp
@tysongersh , you didn’t have to wait long, the new version has appeared
Quad face and using with subd is one of the best parts for sketchup.
@tengel07, that’s right, I think the trio of QuadFaceTools, Vertex Tools and SUbD creates an interesting way to work in SketchUp.
Rendering SketchUp models in Blender | steps for basic level
Directly import in Blender 2.92 the SketchUp models, up to version 2020, with add-on SketchUp Importer v0.21 (for Blender 2.83 LTS) by Arindam Mondal.
The next step in learning will be to improve the materials and lights.
