Hedera helix ‘Aracs’ - Ornamental ivy
Semi-adult ivy with triangular leaves.
Blade not lobed, with cordate base, bright green tinged with brown in cold weather. White veins.
Rigid shoots spreading horizontally. Can be used as an isolated plant or as ground cover.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Aracs’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Aracs’, is a semi-adult ivy with triangular leaves.
The leaf blade, which is not lobed and has a cordate base, is bright green tinged with brown in cold weather. The veins are white.
It forms rigid shoots that spread horizontally. It can be used as an isolated plant or as ground cover.
History
This cultivar has been dEcouvert at the Soroksar Botanical Garden in Budapest (Hungary).
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Aracs'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Aracs’
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: semi-mature
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: Soroksar Botanical Garden in Hungary
Description of Hedera helix ‘Aracs’
- Growth habit: semi-adult, stiff
- Number of lobes: none
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Sheet width: 2.5 cm
- Colour of leaf: bright green
- Leaf shape: triangular
- Base of leaf: corded
- Colour variations: tinted brown in winter
- Colour of veins: white
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish brown
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Aracs’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: pot, rockery, small garden, isolated
- Development: modest
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia
The occasional question ...
What is cordate ivy?
In her book «The Ivy Book», Suzanne Warner Pierot proposes a classification of ivy into 8 categories, based mainly on the appearance of the leaves.
One of these categories is called heart-shaped ivy. These are ivies whose leaf bases follow the shape of a heart or whose entire leaf resembles a heart.
Ivy in literature
“Ivy, dark and twisted, covered the windows, hiding prying eyes.”
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 6 to 10 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Shrubby, Stiff, Semi-adult |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Isolated, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Heart-shaped |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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