Hedera helix ‘Canopy’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with cordate leaves with very faint or non-existent lobes.
This variety often has rounded shapes. Young stems and petioles dark red.
Medium-growing ground cover or climber.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Canopy’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Canopy’, The leaves have a cordate base with very faint or non-existent lobes.
This variety is often rounded in shape. The young stems and petioles are dark red.
It can be used as ground cover or as a climber. It is a medium-growing variety.
History
This cultivar comes from a mutation of ‘Kolibri’ selected by Olivier Arcelus when he managed this collection.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Canopy'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Canopy’
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Kolibri’ selected in our nursery
Description of Hedera helix ‘Canopy’
- Harbour: extensive, sparse
- Number of lobes: 0 to 3 lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 6 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 6 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: green
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: often rounded, if not obtuse
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 5 to 7 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 3 to 7 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Canopy’
- 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, climber
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“he loved these ivy-supported debris, these dark corridors and all this appearance of death and ruin ”
Gustave Flaubert, Rêve d'enfer
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 3 to 5 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 6 to 10 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Scattered, Extensive, Little branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Heart-shaped |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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