Red-leaved ivy in winter is unrivalled for livening up the garden during the cold season. When many other perennials fall asleep or disappear, red ivy keeps the show going.
Here you'll find almost sixty varieties, with all shades of red, from light red, even pink, through blood red to wine red.
The colder and drier the winter, the more pronounced the hues.
Hedera helix 'Melanie'
Vigorous, branched, ground-cover ivy with round, crimson-edged foliage 8-10 cm in diameter.
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Hedera hibernica 'Sark
Its heart-shaped leaf, its vigor and its beautiful leaf color, which varies with the seasons, make
Hedera helix 'Balkon'
This is a smaller, slower-growing selection of the typical H. helix with glossy green leaves and
Hedera helix 'Mount Vernon'
A variety close to the type, with medium foliage and a stocky plant, it shows off its pretty coffee colouring in cold weather.
Hedera helix 'Baltica'
Dark green, with dark gray veins and rounded lobes. Vigorous cultivar.
Its Baltic Sea origins give it a distinctive
Hedera hibernica 'Vert Clair' (Light Green)
A variety close to the type, with broad, light-green foliage.
In winter, beautiful reddish mottles appear, making it the most attractive of all.
Hedera helix 'Fleur De Lys
A vigorous climber, its leaves have 3 divergent lobes that sometimes overlap.
Very attractive winter glow, in
Hedera helix 'Armel
Wild-harvested clone, medium leaf, slow to medium growth, forms beautiful, thin mats.
Certainly one of
Hedera hibernica 'Arco
Light green foliage, less thick than the type, which takes on beautiful bronze hues in winter.
Hedera nepalensis 'Boaxing Star
Light green, rather shiny foliage, long internodes, thin brown stem.
The leaf has 3 lobes, with the central lobe very
Hedera helix 'Trustee'
Vigorous climber or ground-cover producing stems with internodes 4 to 5 cm apart.
Light green, glossy foliage,
Hedera nepalensis 'Donnerhill
A vigorous, branching variety. The slender stems, with rather long internodes, bear small leaves with 3 lobes, the central one with the outer one.