Ivies with variegated yellow foliage are great for brightening up a dark corner of the garden. But some of them need sun or light to keep their yellow variegation. What's more, depending on the variety, the yellow variegation may be permanent or present mainly during certain seasons. Check the information below to make sure you make the right choice. Nearly 70 varieties of yellow ivy are available.

Hedera rhombea ‘Submarginata’ - Japanese Ivy
Japanese ivy with almost round or elongated, pointed leaves
Bluish-grey-green blade in the centre, more strongly tinted

Hedera rhombea ‘Submarginata Arborescens’ - Japanese Ivy
Slow-growing ivy. Stems bear asymmetrical leaves mottled with dark green and grey-green.
Forms a small

Hedera rhombea ‘Eastern Dawn - Japanese Ivy
Japanese ivy with yellow-green splashed and yellow-veined leaves, especially if placed in sunlight.
The leaf blade

Hedera maroccana ‘Limalai’ - Moroccan ivy
Ivy from Morocco in full sun, where the contrasts between the variegation are more accentuated.
Dark green leaf centre,

Hedera maroccana ‘Ederalai’ - Moroccan ivy
A recent mutation, discovered by Inaki Garmendia in a garden in the Spanish Basque country. Ederalai‘ is the concretion of two words

Hedera maroccana ‘Alhaja’ - Moroccan ivy
A recent mutation discovered by Iñaki Garmendia in a garden in the Spanish Basque country. “Alhaja” is a Spanish word of origin

Hedera hibernica ‘Tesselata’ - Irish ivy
A vigorous variety with small, grey-green foliage with white veins.
In spring, the foliage lights up in a pale yellow which

Hedera hibernica ‘Sulphurea’ adult
Shrubby ivy, concave leaves marked with large light green to green-yellow spots, particularly on the margins.
Almost round blade

Hedera hibernica ‘Sulphurea’ - Irish Ivy
Asymmetrical foliage, sometimes round, sometimes lobed with slightly undulating margins.
Large leaf, mottled light green and grey-green with

Hedera hibernica ‘Harlequin’ - Irish Ivy
Strangely variegated ivy.
Foliage is variegated, sometimes splashed, sometimes half-yellow. Some are even completely green or cream. In a nutshell,

Hedera hibernica ‘Atlanti’ - Irish ivy
Irish ivy with leaves delicately illuminated by light macules around the veins.
Blade formed of 3 lobes with fairly large sinuses

Hedera hibernica ‘Angularis Aurea’ - variegated Irish ivy
An original, vigorous climber that will brighten up an old wall or tree trunk.
Lobes, three in number, angular from where

Hedera helix ‘Yumin’- Ornamental ivy
A stocky plant with well-branched stems. Leaves three-lobed, the central one protruding. Lobes sometimes well rounded at the base and

Hedera helix ‘Yellow Mist’- Ornamental ivy
A sparsely branched ivy with red stems bearing broad leaves with a central yellow-green macule.
Composed of 3 to 5

Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’ - Magnificent ornamental ivy
Foliage is variegated, sometimes with large patches of yellow or green.
Leaves are among the widest of the species

Hedera helix ‘Waccamaw’ - Ornamental ivy
Leaves with 3 slightly pronounced lobes and rounded tips.
Dark green foliage with a yellow-green macule in the centre.

Hedera helix ‘Ursula’- Ornamental ivy
Vigorous, branching ivy. Stems bearing large leaves with 3 elongated lobes, the lateral lobes sometimes overlapping the lateral lobe.

Hedera helix ‘Tricolor’ - Ornamental ivy
A very beautiful ivy, all too rare, with triangular leaves that are lightly lobed or even unlobed.
The leaf blade is widely spotted

Hedera helix ‘Touch of Olive’ - Ornamental ivy
Ornamental ivy very different from its parent.
Only the variegation links it slightly to its origin, with a few yellow splashes.

Hedera helix ‘Topazolite’ - Ornamental ivy
Fast-growing, variegated miniature ivy.
Small leaves marbled with yellow and green, taking on beautiful pink hues in winter.

Hedera helix ‘Tiger Eyes’- Ornamental ivy
Sagittate leaves with 5 lobes, decorated with a more or less visible light green to yellow-green central macule. Median lobe

Hedera helix ‘Theo’ - ornamental ivy
At least three shades of green on this ivy leaf, criss-crossed by silver veins.
Leaf blade composed of 3

Hedera helix ‘Steven’ - Ornamental ivy
A short-growing plant with thick, sparsely-branched stems and wavy, curly leaves on the margins.
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Hedera helix ‘Sinclair Silverleaf’ - Ornamental ivy
Typical ivy foliage which, as it grows, produces an astonishingly beautiful light yellow colour.

Hedera helix ‘Serenade’ - Ornamental ivy
A compact, fast-growing variety.
The leaf is rather small, consisting of 5 lobes with slightly rounded tips. Blade

Hedera helix ‘Sally’ - Ornamental ivy
Lemon-coloured leaves, spotted and splashed with medium green when young, then turning green.
Compact habit, short internodes.
Avoid

Hedera helix ‘Ria’ - Ornamental ivy
A stocky, slow-growing variety.
Slightly branched plant, spaced internodes, green leaves with yellow margins form small mats

Hedera helix ‘Rheingold’ - Ornamental ivy
Slightly undulating leaves with a very varied variegation.
Blade dark green and grey with light yellow margins

Hedera helix ‘Reef Shell’ - Ornamental ivy
A highly original variety with oval leaves in the shape of an inverted shell, virtually unlobed, but provided with

Hedera helix ‘Peter’ - Ornamental ivy
Ivy forming a dense, thin carpet. Stems with short internodes, bearing three-lobed leaves with an extended central lobe.