Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’ - Ornamental ivy
Forms a compact clump of branched branches.
Leaves: dark green, composed of 3 lobes, rolled at the margin and delicately striped with pale grey and yellow. Base of leaves wedge-shaped.
This ivy is best suited to pots, rockeries or hanging baskets, in sun or semi-shade.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’, It forms a compact clump of branched branches.
The dark green, 3-lobed leaves are curled at the margin and delicately striped with pale grey and yellow. Some may have 2 very small additional lobes at the base. The base of the leaves is wedge-shaped.
This ivy is best suited to pots, rockeries or hanging baskets. Choose a sunny or semi-shady position.
History
This cultivar, which is a mutation of ‘Irish Lace’, was discovered in 1984 in a greenhouse in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania. It was distributed at Longwood Gardens by Patricia Hammers, former president of the American Ivy Society.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Innuendo'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Innuendo’
- Pierot classification: ivy with bird's-foot leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Irish Lace’, discovered in a greenhouse in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania, in 1984.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’
- Port : stocky
- Number of lobes: usually 3, sometimes 5
- Leaf length: 4.5 cm
- Sheet width: 3 cm
- Leaf colour: dark green, sometimes streaked with pale grey and yellow
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Innuendo’
- 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, pots, window boxes, hanging baskets, topiary, rockery
- Development: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Beneath the intertwined ivy, the stone seemed to breathe an ancient and almost forgotten life.”
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 3 to 5 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Stocky |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters, Rockery, Hanging, Topiary |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | From 'Pittsburgh', Panaché, Bird's foot |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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