Hedera helix ‘Troll panaché’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with small bird's-foot leaves delicately striped with cream.
Blade composed of 3 to 5 attractively veined lobes that point forwards.
A compact plant, perfect for ground cover, topiary or bonsai.
From 5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Troll panaché’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Troll panaché’ (variegated troll)’,is an ivy plant with small, bird's-foot-shaped leaves, delicately striped with cream.
The leaf blade is made up of 3 to 5 attractively veined lobes that point forwards. They are lanceolate, elongated, sometimes falciform and contorted, with wavy margins.
It is a compact plant, perfect for making a small ground cover, but also interesting as a topiary or bonsai.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Troll’ discovered in 2004 by Iñaki Garmendia Ginea in the Basque Country.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Troll panaché' (variegated troll)'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Troll panaché’ (variegated troll)’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, ivy with bird's-foot leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Troll’ discovered in 2004 by Iñaki Garmendia Ginea in the Basque Country.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Troll panaché’ (variegated troll)’
- Growth habit: stocky, tufted
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 5 cm
- Colour of leaf: green with cream stripes
- Colour of veins: light green to cream
- Leaf base: wedge-shaped
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish green
- Length of petiole: less than 1 cm
- Branches: very branched
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: very short
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera helix ‘Troll panaché’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, pots, window boxes, hanging baskets, topiary, bonsai
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“There remain in the human heart inviolable roots that are attached to ancient memories like the ivy that, though dead, embraces the oak on which it grew!”
Gustave Flaubert, Early works
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 51 to 100 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover |
| Exhibition | Semi-shade |
| 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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