Forms a compact clump of branched branches.

Leaves: dark green, composed of 3 lobes, rolled at the margin and delicately striped with pale grey and yellow. Base of leaves wedge-shaped.

This ivy is best suited to pots, rockeries or hanging baskets, in sun or semi-shade.

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Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’

In a nutshell

Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’, It forms a compact clump of branched branches.

The dark green, 3-lobed leaves are curled at the margin and delicately striped with pale grey and yellow. Some may have 2 very small additional lobes at the base. The base of the leaves is wedge-shaped.

This ivy is best suited to pots, rockeries or hanging baskets. Choose a sunny or semi-shady position.

History

This cultivar, which is a mutation of ‘Irish Lace’, was discovered in 1984 in a greenhouse in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania. It was distributed at Longwood Gardens by Patricia Hammers, former president of the American Ivy Society.

Technical details - Hedera helix 'Innuendo'

Botanical information

  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genre : Hedera
  • Species : helix
  • Cultivar: ‘Innuendo’
  • 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: sport of ‘Irish Lace’, discovered in a greenhouse in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania, in 1984.

 

Description of Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’

  • Port : stocky
  • Number of lobes: usually 3, sometimes 5
  • Leaf length: 4.5 cm
  • Sheet width: 3 cm
  • Leaf colour: dark green, sometimes streaked with pale grey and yellow
  • Colour of veins: light green
  • Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
  • Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

 

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

  • Exposure: sun, 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, pots, window boxes, hanging baskets, topiary, rockery
  • Development: medium
  • Pruning: once a year
  • Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
  • Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
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Ivy in literature

“Beneath the intertwined ivy, the stone seemed to breathe an ancient and almost forgotten life.

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Additional information

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

11 to 20 pots

Stock 2 or 4 litre containers

3 to 5 containers

Large stock items

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General appearance

Fairly branched, Stocky

Type of foliage and colour

Green

Possible uses

Ground cover, Pots or planters, Rockery, Hanging, Topiary

Exhibition

Part shade, Sun

Hardiness

Good hardiness

Easy to grow

Easy

Speed

Average

Vigorous development

Medium

Classification according to the Pierot system

From 'Pittsburgh', Panaché, Bird's foot

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