Hedera helix ‘François Battet’ - Ornamental ivy
A vigorous variety with few branches.
The leaf is 5 to 6 cm wide, with 5 faint lobes. Fine cream mottling along the edge of the leaf blade, with more pronounced patches in places. Green centre with red mottling in winter.
Ivy tends to climb, forming thin mats.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘François Battet’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘François Battet’, is a vigorous variety with few branches.
The leaf is 5 to 6 cm wide, with 5 faint lobes. A fine cream variegation borders the blade, with more pronounced patches in places. The green centre becomes mottled red in winter.
This is a climbing ivy that forms thin mats.
History
This cultivar was passed on by François Battet to Olivier Arcelus.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'François Battet'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘François Battet’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, type ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: discovered by François Battet for Olivier Arcelus
Description of Hedera helix ‘François Battet’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: usually 5 lobes
- Leaf length: 6 cm
- Leaf width: 5 to 6 cm
- Leaf colour: several shades of green, with cream on the edges
- Colour variation: red mottling in winter
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: pink
- Stem: lightly branched
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘François Battet’
- 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
- Development: vigorous
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia
The occasional question ...
When should ivy be pruned?
Ivy can be pruned at any time, but we recommend that you do it at the end of winter. In principle, once a year is enough. If you want to keep the ivy at its current size, cut it back in length and thickness by the equivalent of the annual growth.
If the ivy has not been pruned for several years, you can afford to do some severe pruning. Ivy tolerates this very well.
If you use ivy as a topiary, you may need to prune it two or three times a year to keep it in good shape.
Avoid pruning during the nesting season to avoid disturbing any birds that may have nested in the ivy.
Ivy in literature
“Ivy, in its constancy, speaks to lonely souls.»
George Eliot, Middlemarch
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 21 to 50 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 3 to 5 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Vigorous |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type, variegated |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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