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)
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