Hedera helix ‘Gold Dust’ - Ornamental ivy
Ground cover forming short, delicately variegated mats.
Foliage is yellow-green with dark green speckles. Medium-sized, slightly curved leaf, usually with 3 lobes. Base of leaf often cordate.
A fairly branched ivy that is often grown as a houseplant, but is equally suited to the outdoors.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Gold Dust’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Gold Dust’, is a ground cover that forms short, delicately variegated mats.
The foliage is yellow-green, mottled with dark green. The leaf is medium-sized, slightly curved and generally has 3 lobes. The base of the leaf is often cordate.
This rather branched ivy is often grown as a houseplant, but is just as suitable for the outdoors.
History
This cultivar was introduced from the United States in the 1950s.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Gold Dust'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Gold Dust’
- 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: ntroduced in the United States in the 1950s.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Gold Dust’
- Growth habit: spreading, stocky
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 6 cm
- Sheet width: 6 cm
- Colour of leaf: yellow-green with dark green flecks
- Colour of veins: yellow
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish red
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Gold Dust’
- 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, houseplant, pot plant, 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 spiralled up the columns, like a mysterious hand guiding us back to the past.”
H.P. Lovecraft, The Witch's House
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 0 jar |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 21 to 50 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Spread out |
| Type of foliage and colour | Yellow variegation |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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