Hedera helix ‘Douceur’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with a dark green macule on a soft green background. The base of the leaves is usually heart-shaped.
Blade formed of 5 lobes with slightly rounded tips. Stems fairly branched, forming a rather thick mat.
Ivy can be used as ground cover or as a climber.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Douceur’
In a nutshell
This pretty ivy, Hedera helix ‘Sweetness’, Its main feature is its dark green macules on a soft green background.
The base of the leaves is usually heart-shaped. The leaf blade has 5 lobes with slightly rounded tips. The stems are well branched, forming a rather thick mat.
This ivy can be used both as ground cover and as a climber.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Goldstern’ selected in our nursery. Compared with ‘Goldstern’, the macule is more discreet and often off-centre, and above all the lobes are less elongated.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Douceur'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Douceur’
- 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: sport of ‘Goldstern’ grown in our nursery
Description of Hedera helix ‘Douceur’
- Growth habit : clump
- Number of lobes: usually 5 lobes
- Leaf length: 5 to 7 cm
- Leaf width: 5 to 7 cm
- Leaf colour: light green mottled with dull green or dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf base: cordate to hastate
- Leaf apex: pointed to slightly rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish brown
- Length of petiole: 3 to 7 cm
- Branches: fairly widespread
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Douceur’
- Exposure: sun, 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
- Development: vigorous
- Growth rate: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“A tree, truncated like a column, bears ivy; a tomb bears an inscription.”
Guy de Maupassant - Strong as death
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Clump |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Vigorous |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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