Hedera helix ‘Tanja’ semi-arborescent
A semi-adult version of the ‘Tanja’ ivy with a shrubby habit and glossy, full, cordate leaves.
The leaf blade is triangular, usually fairly elongated and pointed.
A variety that can be planted in a rock garden or as an isolated specimen.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Tanja’ semi-arborescent
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Tanja’ semi-arborescent, is the semi-adult version of the ‘Tanja’ ivy with a shrubby habit and glossy, full, cordate leaves.
The leaf blade is triangular, usually fairly elongated and pointed.
This variety can be planted in a rock garden or as an isolated specimen.
History
The ‘Tanja’ cultivar was discovered in 1979 by Pieter Zwijnenburg, a nurseryman in the Netherlands, in the wild in the Caucasus mountains. It was initially mistaken for a variety of Hedera pastuchovii because of the shape of its leaves. But it doesn't have the spicy smell of pastuchovii.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Tanja' semi-arborescent
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Tanja’ semi-arborescent
- Synonym: Hedera caucasigena ‘Tanja’ semi-arborescent
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: semi-adult
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: found in the wild in the Caucasus mountains in 1979.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Tanja’ semi-arborescent
- Growth habit: shrubby
- Number of lobes: 0 to 3 lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: medium green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 5 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 4 to 5 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of semi-arborescent Hedera helix ‘Tanja
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -18°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: free-standing, rock garden
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“not that I deny that a woman worthy of love can see her destiny in this pretty ivy motto, which dies if it doesn't”
Stendhal, On Love
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 3 to 5 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 3 to 5 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Shrubby, Semi-adult, Stocky |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Freestanding, Pots or planters, Rockwork |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Very good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Medium |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Adult, Heart-shaped |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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