Hedera helix ‘Chelthenam Blizzard’ - Ornamental ivy
It's one of those ivy plants that won't overrun your garden, but will decorate it with taste.
Slender, sparsely branched stems. Small green leaves, delicately dotted with cream, lightly scurred and criss-crossed with beautiful cream veins, adding to the plant's charm.
A discreet variety that is perfect for small areas of the garden.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Chelthenam Blizzard’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Chelthenam Blizzard’, It's one of those ivy plants that won't overrun your garden, but will decorate it with taste.
The stems are slender, sparsely branched. They bear small green leaves, delicately punctuated with cream. The leaves are lightly scurred and criss-crossed with beautiful cream veins, adding to the plant's charm.
This discreet variety is perfect for small areas of the garden.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Martin Cragg-Barber in Hullavington, Chippenham, UK, in 1998.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Chelthenam Blizzard'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Chelthenam Blizzard’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: found in Hullavington, Chippenham, United Kingdom, by Martin Cragg-Barber in 1998.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Chelthenam Blizzard’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 2 to 3 cm
- Sheet width: 2 cm
- Colour of leaf: green with cream spots
- Colour of veins: cream
- Colour of stem and petiole: slightly purplish green
- Length of petiole: 2 to 3 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 2 to 4 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Chelthenam Blizzard’
- 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: ground cover, pots, window boxes
- Development: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy hugged the stones like a jealous lover, refusing to let them die alone.”
D.H. Lawrence, Women in love
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 21 to 50 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Sired by 'Pittsburgh', Panaché |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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