Description
Wood ivy - Hedera helix ‘Port-Blanc’
In a nutshell
Wood ivy, Hedera helix ‘Port-Blanc’, is an ivy with dark green leaves harvested at Port-Blanc in the Côtes d'Armor.
The leaf blade has 3 to 5 shallow lobes. The stems are not very branched.
It is an interesting ivy for making a natural ground cover and is easy to grow, even in difficult conditions under trees.
History
This cultivar was harvested by Olivier Arcelus in Port-Blanc, Côtes d'Armor, France.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Port-Blanc'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Port-Blanc’
- 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: harvested by Olivier Arcelus at Port-Blanc in the Côtes d'Armor.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Port Blanc’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 to 5 cm
- Leaf width: 4 to 5 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Base of leaf: corded
- Leaf apex: acute to slightly rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish
- Length of petiole: 5 to 6 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Knot spacing: 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Port-Blanc’
- Exposure: shade, 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
“A tree, truncated like a column, bears ivy.”






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