Hedera hibernica ‘Jabugo’ - Irish ivy
Irish ivy with admirably contrasting leaves and a brown-tinged leaf blade with very light veins.
The leaf has 5 star-shaped lobes with fairly deep sinuses. The young stems and petioles are dark red.
An easy-to-grow variety that brings colour to the garden in winter.
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Description
Irish ivy - Hedera hibernica ‘Jabugo’
In a nutshell
Irish ivy, Hedera hibernica ‘Jabugo’, The leaves are beautifully contrasted, with a leaf blade that turns brown with the cold and very light veins.
The leaf has 5 star-shaped lobes with fairly deep sinuses. The petioles are dark red. Young stems are generously covered with grey hairs.
This is an easy-to-grow variety that brings colour to the garden in winter.
History
This cultivar was discovered in 1974 by Dorian & Bill Roxburgh in Jabugo, Spain.
Detailed sheet - Hedera hibernica 'Jabugo'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species :hibernica
- Cultivar: ‘Jabugo’
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Atlantic coast of Europe
- Origin of cultivar: discovered by Dorian & Bill Roxburgh in Jabugo, Spain, in 1974.
Description of Hedera hibernica ‘Jabugo’
- Port: extended
- Number of lobes: 5 lobes in general, fairly deep
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour variation: turns brown in winter
- Colour of veins: light green to grey-green
- Leaf base: truncated to sagittate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: dark red
- Length of petiole: 2 to 5 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 4 to 6 cm
- Hairs: stellate, smaller than in Hedera helix.
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera hibernica ‘Jabugo’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral, calcareous or acidic
- 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
“She held him close, clinging to him like ivy to the wall.”
Stendhal, The Red and the Black
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 1 to 2 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Extensive, Not very branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Red in winter, 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 | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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