Hedera helix ‘Ambrosia’ - Ornamental ivy
Compact, semi-erect ivy.
Beautiful medium-sized leaves, tightly curled and overlapping. Blade composed of 3 lobes, mottled green and grey-green and edged with creamy white.
This slow-growing, bushy ivy is excellent for ground cover or as a pot plant in sun or part-shade.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Ambrosia‘
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Ambrosia’ is a compact, semi-erect ivy.
It has attractive, medium-sized, tightly-curled, overlapping leaves. The 3-lobed leaf blade is mottled green and grey-green, with creamy white margins. The purple colour of the petioles sometimes extends to the base of the leaves.
This slow-growing, bushy ivy is excellent for ground cover or as a pot plant in sun or part-shade.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Brother Ingobert Heieck at the monastery in Neuburg, Germany in 1980. It is a mutation of ‘Gertrud Stauss’.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Ambrosia'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Ambrosia’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, ivy with wavy-crisped leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Gertrud Stauss’, selected in 1980 by Brother Ingobert Heieck at the monastery in Neuburg, Germany.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Ambrosia’
- Growth habit: spreading, sparse, semi-erect, bushy
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 2 to 3 cm
- Leaf width: 1.5 to 2 cm
- Leaf colour: green and grey-green with creamy white margins
- Colour of veins: cream
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
- Branches: few branches
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Ambrosia’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -7°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
- Development: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy-covered walls of the church blended into the landscape like a sacred relic.”
John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Bushy, Scattered, Spreading, Little branched, Semi-evergreen |
| Type of foliage and colour | Atypical, Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Pots or planters, Hanging lamp |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Less hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Average |
| Speed | Slow |
| Vigorous development | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Curiosity, Sired by 'Pittsburgh', Wavy, curly or crisp, Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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