Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Goldfinger’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Goldfinger’, Its star-shaped foliage is golden almost all year round.
The leaves are made up of 3 to 5 narrow lobes, which are slightly domed at first and then flatten out. The leaf blade is light green, yellow or golden. It becomes medium green with age or if the plant is in the shade.
This ivy forms a dense carpet, making it ideal for ground cover, but it can also be used in hanging baskets.
History
This cultivar was introduced from the United Kingdom in the 1980s.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Goldfinger'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Goldfinger’
- 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: introduced from the United Kingdom in the 1980s.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Goldfinger’
- Growth habit: spreading, stocky
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Sheet width: 5 cm
- Colour of leaf: green-yellow
- Leaf colour variation: changes to medium green with age or if in the shade.
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
- Length of petiole: 3 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: dense
- Node spacing: 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Goldfinger’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -8°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, climber, pot, window box, hanging baskets
- Development: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy stretched out at the foot of the tree as if to accompany it on its journey to the heavens.”







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