Hedera helix 'Green Heart

Hedera helix 'Green Heart

Hedera helix 'Green Heart

Spontaneous appearance in the garden from an endemic ivy.
Quite branchy, the stems with long internodes bear beautiful olive-green leaves 4 cm in diameter.

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Description

Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix 'Green Heart

In a nutshell

Ivy, Hedera helix 'Green Heart', is a spontaneous appearance in the Olivier Arcelus garden from an endemic ivy.
It's a fairly branchy ivy. Stems with long internodes bear 4 cm-diameter olive-green leaves.

Good climber.

Technical data

Botanical information

  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genre : Hedera
  • Species: helix
  • Cultivar: 'Green Heart
  • Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
  • Foliage stage: juvenile
  • Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
  • Origin of cultivar: selected by Olivier Arcelus

 

Description of Hedera helix 'Green Heart

  • Growth habit: climbing
  • Number of lobes: usually 3 lobes
  • Leaf length: 4 cm
  • Sheet width: 4 cm
  • Leaf color: olive green
  • Color of veins: light green
  • Internodes: long
  • Stem and petiole color: pink
  • Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

 

Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix 'Green Heart

  • Exposure: shade, part shade
  • Hardiness: -15°C
  • Soil moisture: cool soil
  • Soil PH: neutral or calcareous
  • Soil type: all
  • Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
  • Use: ground cover, climber
  • Development: moderate
  • Pruning: once a year
  • Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
  • Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

Further information

Weight ND
Foliage

Atypical, Green
Usage

Ground cover

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Growing our ivy

All our ivy is grown outdoors. The cuttings are planted in 9 cm pots. They grow there for about 1 year.

They are then repotted into 1-liter containers. These are then repotted 1 year later into 2-liter containers. In the case of climbing ivy, a stake (usually 50 cm long) is placed in the pot to support the ivy. One or two years later, the ivy is repotted into a 4-litre container. If it's a climber, the stake is replaced with a new 1.20 m to 2 m stake, depending on the plant's development.

The containers are placed in a shaded area, either by trees or by a canopy.

Ivy is not "grown" with fertilizer. Only a change of substrate at each repotting provides the nourishment needed for natural, healthy growth.

Bred the hard way, ivy will be much better able to acclimatize to your garden.

The different containers

You can find our ivy in the following containers:

  • 9 cm bucket
  • 1-litre pot, with or without stake
  • 2-litre pot, with or without stake
  • 4-litre pot with or without stake
  • large pot of 5.5 liters, 7 liters, 9 liters or more.

Shipment of your ivy parcel

We ship every week. They are dispatched on Mondays via Colissimo. So, in the vast majority of cases, the parcel arrives in the middle of the week and doesn't have to sit in a warehouse all weekend.

 

Orders are prepared on the Friday before dispatch. This gives the jars time to drain over the weekend if they are damp. This prevents the jars from dampening and weakening the shipping carton.

So, in concrete terms, order before Thursday evening if you want your package of ivy to arrive in the course of the following week.

Each pot is wrapped in stretch film to hold the substrate in place throughout the journey. The stakes are removed to optimize space in the parcel.

What should I do when my parcel arrives?

As soon as you receive your parcel, open it so that the plants can breathe and see the light as soon as possible. Unpack carefully, taking care not to damage the plants. Soak the pots in water for about ten minutes to rewet them.

How to plant your ivy?

Careful planting is crucial to your plant's development.

Prepare a hole three times as wide and twice as deep as the pot. In this way, you'll create a well-loosened space in which the roots can begin to settle easily. Once they're well established, they'll be strong enough to explore further and deeper, depending on their needs.

Water generously after planting, even if it's raining. The purpose of this watering is to make the soil stick to the roots for a good start.

Mulch at the foot of your plant to keep it cool and prevent unwanted growth.

During the first year, don't neglect watering if the weather is dry, and especially if it's hot. Once well established (after a year or two), ivy will take care of itself. In most cases, it will no longer need watering if planted in the ground. Of course, if it's in a pot, you'll still need to water it regularly. But be careful not to over-water, as ivy dies much more easily from over-watering than from under-watering.

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