Hedera helix ‘Camille’ - ornamental ivy
This ivy is a beautiful ground cover, particularly interesting for its variations in colour depending on the season and growing conditions.
The leaf blade has 3 to 5 lobes with deep, sometimes undulating sinuses.
The colours range from dark green to red, yellow and brown!
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Camille’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Camille’, is a beautiful ground cover, particularly interesting for its variations in colour depending on the season and growing conditions.
The leaf blade has 3 to 5 lobes with deep, sometimes undulating sinuses.
The colours range from dark green to red, yellow and brown!
History
This cultivar is the result of a mutation of ‘Sagittaefolia’ that appeared in the nursery of Olivier Arcelus, in Morvan, France.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Camille'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘Camille’
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Sagittaefolia’ grown in the nursery of Olivier Arcelus, in Morvan, France.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Camille’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 6 to 7 cm
- Sheet width: 7 to 8 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour variation: can take on red, brown or yellow hues depending on the season and growing conditions.
- Colour of veins: light green to yellow
- Colour of stem and petiole: pink to reddish
- Branches: few branches
- Internodes: 4 to 5 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Camille’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Ivy climbs the purple walls like a green pain.”
Stefan George, Algabal
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 6 to 10 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 6 to 10 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread |
| Type of foliage and colour | Red in winter, Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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