Hedera helix ‘Goldlight’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with beautiful variegated leaves of greyish-green mottling surrounded by wide creamy-yellow margins.
Blade triangular with shallow lobes. Medium-sized stems, brown to purplish red.
Bright ground cover or climber.
5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Goldlight’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Goldlight’, The leaves are variegated with greyish-green mottling and surrounded by wide creamy-yellow margins.
The leaf blade is triangular with shallow lobes. The medium-sized stems are brown to purplish red.
It is a bright ground-cover or climbing ivy.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Golden Starlight’, discovered in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Goldlight'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Goldlight’
- 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: sport of ‘Golden Starlight’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Goldlight’
- Growth habit: ground cover
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 to 5 cm
- Leaf width: 4 to 5 cm
- Leaf colour: greyish-green mottling surrounded by creamy-yellow margins
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: purplish red
- Branches: medium-sized stems with few branches
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Goldlight’
- 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, pot, window box
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (Otiorhynchus)
- Diseases: rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“And now this ivy is strangely heavy, and so steeped in darkness, as if it were tapping into my future nights.»
Rainer Maria Rilke, Requiem
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 3 to 5 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread out, Little branched |
| 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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