Hedera helix ‘Waltzer’ - ornamental ivy
An ivy similar to the type, but with interesting bright red leaves in winter.
Leaf composed of 3 triangular lobes, with a cordate to hastate base. The tips of the lobes are acute.
More of a medium-sized ground cover.
From 5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Waltzer’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Waltzer’, This variety is fairly similar to the type, but is interesting for the bright red colour of its leaves in winter.
The leaf is composed of 3 triangular lobes, with a cordate to hastate base. The tip is acute.
It is a medium-sized ground cover that is easy to grow.
History
This cultivar comes from a mutation of Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’, which appeared in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Waltzer'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Waltzer’
- 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 Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’ grown in our nursery
Description of Hedera helix ‘Waltzer’
- Port: extended
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Leaf colour: green
- Colour variation: reddish in winter
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf base: cordate to hastate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 5 to 7 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Waltzer’
- Exposure: 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, climber
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Fat is to old women what ivy is to wreckage: it hides ruin and consolidates it”.”
Gustave Flaubert, Notes de voyage
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 6 to 10 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 1 to 2 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Extensive, Not very branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Red in winter, Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| Exhibition | Semi-shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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