Hedera helix ‘Tropic Tremor’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy derived from ‘Evergreen’, but with longer, broader leaves that are green in all seasons.
Blade composed of 0 to 3 elongated lobes of fairly variable shape.
A fairly thick, elegant ground cover.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Tropic Tremor’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Tropic Tremor’, is a descendant of ‘Evergreen’, but with longer, broader leaves that are green in all seasons.
The leaf blade consists of 0 to 3 elongated lobes of fairly variable shape.
It is a fairly thick, elegant ground cover.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of Hedera helix ‘Evergreen’ selected in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Tropic Tremor'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Tropic Tremor’
- Pierot classification: 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 Hedera helix ‘Tropic Tremor’.’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Tropic Tremor’
- Growth habit : clump
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general, usually elongated, but sometimes asymmetrical or varied
- Leaf length: 5 to 6 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: medium green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Base of leaf: corded
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish to reddish
- Length of petiole: 2 to 4 cm
- Branches: fairly widespread
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Knot spacing: 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Tropic Tremor’
- 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, pots, window boxes
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“There, ivy jealous of immortality
Triumph in possessing what man has left behind.”
Alponse de Lamartine, La liberté, or a night in Rome
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 6 to 10 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Clump |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, 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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