Hedera helix ‘Evergold’ - Ornamental ivy
Attractive yellow variegated foliage that always looks good in ground cover.
Leaves are fairly small, with 3 to 5 rounded lobes. Splashed with green and grey-green and more or less broadly margined with yellow. Base of leaves cordate. Stems slender and well-branched.
Ivy forms an attractive, colourful mattress that can be used as ground cover or as a climber.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Evergold’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Evergold’, It has attractive yellow variegated foliage that looks great as ground cover.
The leaves are fairly small, with 3 to 5 rounded lobes. They are splashed with green and grey-green and more or less broadly margined with yellow. The base of the leaves is cordate. The stems are slender and well-branched.
This ivy forms an attractive, colourful mattress that can be used as ground cover or as a climber.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Helen Hall, Webbs Garden Centre, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, in 1995.
Detailed sheet - Hedera
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Evergold’
- Synonym: ‘Ira’
- 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: discovered in 1995 by Helen Hall, Webbs Garden Centre, Worcestershire, United Kingdom.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Evergold’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 to 5 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 5 cm
- Leaf colour: various shades of green and grey-green, with varying degrees of yellow margins
- Colour of veins: grey-green
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish red
- Length of petiole: 2 to 5 cm
- Branches: well branched
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Internodes: 2 to 4 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Evergold’
- 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, climber, pot, window box
- Development: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy climbed with majestic slowness, imposing its law on the motionless stone.”
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 6 to 10 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread |
| Type of foliage and colour | Yellow variegation |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| 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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