Hedera helix f. poetarum ‘Arborescens’
This plant, known as «poets» ivy", is native to the Caucasus and produces small orange fruits.
The leaves of the adult form are entire, oval to lanceolate, with a wedge-shaped base.
Shrubby, bushy habit. For pots or isolated planting.
Description
Botanical ivy - Hedera helix f. poetarum ‘Arborescens’
In a nutshell
Botanical ivy, Hedera helix f. poetarum, is also known as «ivy of the poets» because it was considered more graceful and was therefore appreciated as such by poets and romantic botanists in the 19th century. It originates from the Caucasus. This is the adult form, which produces small orange fruits.
The leaves of the adult form are entire, oval to lanceolate, with a wedge-shaped base.
It has a bushy, shrubby habit. This is a good variety for pots and window boxes, or for isolated planting in rock gardens, for example.
History
A botanical variety originally from the Caucasus, now found in large parts of Europe and Asia.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix f. poetarum 'Arborescens'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Subspecies: f. poetarum
- Pierot classification: adult ivy
- Foliage stage: adult
- Origin of the species: Caucasus.
Description of Hedera helix f. poetarum ‘Arborescens’
- Growth habit: shrubby, bushy
- Number of lobes: no lobe
- Leaf length: 4 to 6 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 7 cm
- Colour of leaf: bright green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: purple pink or green
- Length of petiole: 4 to 5 cm
- Internodes: 4 to 5 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care advice for Hedera helix f. poetarum ‘Arborescens’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -10°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: pots, window boxes, freestanding, rockery
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“But an ivy, climbed up to the fallen ridge, tousles itself above like a head of hair...”
Guy de Maupassant, Verses
Additional information
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 0 jar |
|---|---|
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Shrubby, Bushy |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Freestanding, Pots or planters, Rockwork |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Fairly hardy |
| Easy to grow | Average |
| Speed | Slow |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Adult |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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