Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix 'Aracs
In a nutshell
Hedera helix 'Aracs' is a semi-adult ivy with triangular, bright-green leaves tinted brown in cold weather, and white veins.
Forms rigid shoots that spread horizontally.
Discovered at the Soroksar Botanical Garden in Budapest (Hungary).
Technical data
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species: helix
- Cultivar: 'Aracs
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: semi-mature
- Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Cultivar origin: Soroksar Botanical Garden in Hungary
Description of Hedera helix 'Aracs'
- Growth habit: stiff horizontal stems
- Number of lobes: none
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Sheet width: 2.5 cm
- Leaf color: bright green
- Leaf shape: triangular
- Leaf base: corded
- Color variations: tinted brown in winter
- Color of veins: white
- Stem and petiole color: greenish brown
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix 'Aracs
- Exposure: shade, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or calcareous
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: pots, rock gardens, small gardens
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
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