Hedera helix ‘Jacky’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy whose leaves take on beautiful dark red mottles as the cold weather arrives.
Blade with 5 well-defined lobes. Stems are reddish and fairly branched, forming a relatively thick mat.
Reliable ground cover that's easy to grow.
5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Jacky’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Jacky’, Its leaves turn a beautiful dark red when the weather turns cold.
The leaf blade has 5 well-defined lobes. The reddish stems are fairly branched, forming a relatively thick mat.
It's a reliable ground cover that's easy to grow.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Jack Frost’ selected in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Jacky'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Jacky’
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Jack Frost’ selected in our nursery
Description of Hedera helix ‘Jacky’
- Growth habit : clump
- Number of lobes: usually 5 well-marked lobes
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Leaf width: 4 to 5 cm
- Leaf colour: green
- Colour variation: leaves turn red in winter
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 5 to 6 cm
- Branches: fairly widespread
- Mattress thickness: thick
- Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Jacky’
- Exposure: 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
- Development: medium
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“A long avenue full of flowers ... which widened out like a large green salon, then ended at a very old wine storehouse, whose grey stones disappeared under trellises and ivy. ”
Pierre Loti, The novel of a child
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 21 to 50 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Clump |
| Type of foliage and colour | Red in winter, Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Semi-shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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