Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’ (‘Spectabilis Aurea’) - Ornamental ivy
Fast-growing ivy with a robust habit. Leaves show strong yellow spots near the margins, as well as yellow suffusions, giving an irregular mottled golden margin.
Some excrescences may be golden, while others are simply speckled or green. The variety is irregular and uncertain in its colouring.
Ivy provides attractive wall cover in sunny locations.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’, This is a fast-growing ivy with a robust habit. The leaves have strong yellow spots near the margins, as well as yellow suffusions, giving an irregular mottled golden margin. It resembles ‘Angularis Aurea’, but with broader, yellow-spotted leaves and more pronounced veins.
Some excrescences can be golden, while others are simply speckled or green. The variety is irregular and uncertain in its colouring, and I try to keep the most colourful plants but don't always succeed.
This ivy makes a lovely wall covering in sunny situations.
History
This cultivar appeared in the 1755 catalogue of Christopher Gray Nursery, Fulham, United Kingdom, under the name ‘Yellow Bloatched Ivy’. In 1865, it was given the name ‘Chrysophylla’ in a description written by Robert Veitch & Sons, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Chrysophylla'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Chrysophylla’
- Synonyms: ‘Spectabilis Aurea’
- 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: unknown
Description of Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’
- Port : stocky
- Number of lobes: 0 to 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 to 5 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Leaf colour: dark green, more or less broadly margined and dotted with yellow
- Colour of veins: green
- Colour of stem and petiole: purple green
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Length of petiole 2 to 3 cm
- Stem: fairly branched
- Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’
- Exposure: mid-shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: climbing
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Ivy, the faithful companion of old stones, held firm despite the assaults of wind and weather.”
Alphonse de Lamartine, Poetic meditations
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 21 to 50 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 6 to 10 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Stocky |
| Type of foliage and colour | Yellow variegation |
| Possible uses | Climber |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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