A variety with few branches, long stems with long internodes (4cm) bearing 3-lobed green leaves with a prominent central lobe.

Beautiful winter colouring: the leaves take on dark tones, while the veins stand out bright and branched.

A rather climbing ivy of the “bird's foot” type. Resembles Irish ivy ‘Sagittifolia’.

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Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Pinocchio’

In a nutshell

Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Pinocchio’, The long stems with long internodes (4cm) bear 3-lobed green leaves with a prominent central lobe.

Beautiful winter colouring: the leaves take on dark tones, while the veins stand out bright and branched.

It is a climbing ivy of the “bird's foot” type. It resembles Irish ivy ‘Sagittifolia’.

History

This cultivar is of unknown origin.

Technical details - Hedera helix 'Pinocchio'

Botanical information

  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genre : Hedera
  • Species : helix
  • Cultivar: ‘Pinocchio’
  • Pierot classification: bird's-foot ivy
  • Foliage stage: juvenile
  • Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
  • Origin of cultivar: selected by the Hedera etc nursery

 

Description of Hedera helix ‘Pinocchio’

  • Growth habit: spreading
  • Number of lobes: usually 3 lobes, prominent central lobe
  • Leaf length: 6 cm
  • Sheet width: 6 cm
  • Leaf colour: green
  • Colour variations: very dark shades in winter
  • Colour of veins: light green
  • Colour of stem and petiole: purple green
  • Stem shape: lightly branched
  • Node spacing: 4 cm
  • Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

 

Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Pinocchio’

  • 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: fairly vigorous
  • Pruning: once a year
  • Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
  • Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia

The question of circumstance

What is «bird's foot» ivy?

In her book «The Ivy Book», Suzanne Warner Pierot proposes a classification of ivy into 8 categories, based mainly on the appearance of the leaves.

One of these categories is called «Bird's foot», and consists of ivy whose leaves are very deeply cut, with pointed lobes, so that they resemble bird's feet.

Find out more about this classification.

La boutique du lierre - guirlande de lierre

Ivy in literature

“The ivy, humble and persistent, gives the ruin an air of eternity.»

Oscar Wilde, A woman of no importance

Additional information

Weight N/A
Stock of 1-litre cups and pots

21 to 50 pots

Stock 2 or 4 litre containers

6 to 10 containers

Large stock items

1 to 2 large subjects

General appearance

Spread

Type of foliage and colour

Green

Possible uses

Ground cover, Climber

Exhibition

Part shade, Shade

Hardiness

Good hardiness

Easy to grow

Easy

Speed

Average

Vigorous development

Vigorous

Classification according to the Pierot system

Bird's paw

Reward obtained

No known reward

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