Description
Cyprus ivy, Hedera cypria 'Coon Hollow
In a nutshell
Hedera cypria 'Coon Hollow' is a very interesting but rare ivy.
It is a cultivar of the Cyprus ivy.
It forms small, fairly dark greenish-blue leaves, criss-crossed with silvery veins to great effect.
Leaves are composed of 3 lobes, the lateral lobes being perpendicular to the much longer central lobe. They are 2.5 cm long and 0.6 to 1.3 cm wide.
The cold accentuates the colors.
This cultivar is named after an ivy nursery in the USA: Coon Hollow Ivies. It was spotted by the owner of this nursery, Mr. Cliff Coon, after sowing Hedera cypria.
Technical data
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species: cypria or pastuchovii subsp.. cypria
- Cultivar: 'Coon Hollow
- Pierot classification: Miniature ivy, bird's-foot ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Species origin: Cyprus
- Origin of cultivar: discovered by a nurseryman in California
Description of Hedera cypria 'Coon Hollow
- Growth habit: climbing
- Number of lobes: 0 to 3
- Leaf length: 2.5 cm
- Sheet width: 1.3 cm
- Leaf shape: hastate, elongated central lobe
- Leaf base: heart-shaped
- Leaf color: bluish dark green
- Color of veins: silvery or whitish
- Color variations: winter accentuation
- Hairs: scale-like, 0.2 to 0.6 mm in diameter, orange to light red, 13 to 25 rays, regular
Planting, growing and care advice for Hedera cypria 'Coon Hollow
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool
- Soil PH: neutral, calcareous, acidic
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: climbing
- Development: medium
- Growth rate: fairly slow
- Pests: rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: rare (leaf spots)
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