Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Armel’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Armel’, is a wild-collected clone. It is very probably one of the most colourful clones in existence. Hedera helix. In winter, it takes on a reddish-brown colour.
The leaves are medium-sized. The growth habit is spreading.
This ivy forms attractive, thin carpets. It grows slowly and moderately.
History
Clone harvested from the wild by Olivier Arcelus.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Armel'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Armel’
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: harvested in the wild by O. Arcelus
Description of Hedera helix ‘Armel’
- Growth habit: spreading, sparse
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf base: truncated to cordate
- Leaf apex: acute, slightly rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: brown to green-brown
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Armel’
- Exposure: shade, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, climber, hanging
- Development: moderate
- Growth: fairly slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
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All your questions about ivy
What type of cuttings should I use for ivy?
There are 3 types of cuttings that can be used to cut ivy successfully:
- the most common is the section cutting. Cut a section of stem 4 to 10 cm long, under a node and with one or two internodes. You can take several cuttings from a long stem with many internodes. These cuttings can be taken as green, semi-stemmed or stemmed cuttings.
- Head cuttings are another possibility. In this case, only the head of the stem is cut. Once again, cut under a knot and leave two or three internodes.
- Finally, the crossette cutting involves leaving a piece of the supporting shoot at the base of the cut stem.
We use all three techniques, depending on what we know about the species to be cut.
Ivy in literature
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