Hedera helix ‘Hanna’ - Ornamental ivy
One of the groundcover ivies that loves the sun.
Leaves with 3 to 5 lobes that pucker and undulate as they mature. Blade yellow-green, turning dark green with age.
Slow-growing, stocky plant.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Hanna’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Hanna’, is one of those ground-covering ivies that loves the sun.
The leaves have 3 to 5 lobes which pucker and undulate as they mature. The leaf blade is yellow-green. It turns dark green with age.
It is a stocky plant that grows slowly.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Robert Krebs of the German Ivy Society in 2001. It is the result of a mutation of ‘Goldregen’.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Hanna'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Hanna’
- Pierot classification: ivy with wavy-crisped leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: ‘Goldregen’ sport’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Hanna’
- Port : stocky
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Leaf colour: light green to yellow green
- Leaf colour variation: turns dark green with age
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish red
- Length of petiole: 1 cm
- Branches: very branched
- Mattress thickness: thick
- Internodes: 1 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Hanna’
- Exposure : sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, pots, window boxes
- Development: moderate, slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy, persistent and soft, wrapped itself around the tombs, as if to watch over the dead.”
Bram Stoker, Dracula's guest
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 1 to 2 large subjects |
| General appearance | Compact, Stocky |
| Type of foliage and colour | Yellow |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Slow |
| Vigorous development | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Sired by 'Pittsburgh', Wavy, curly or crisp |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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