Hedera helix ‘Kaleidoscope Vert’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with convex fan-shaped leaves. The veins are broad, well-defined and raised.
Blade composed of 3 acute lobes, often difficult to discern. Stems greenish-brown, sparsely branched. Thin mat.
A truly original variety, suitable for pots or ground cover.
7.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Kaleidoscope Vert’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Green Kaleidoscope’, The leaves are convex and fan-shaped. The veins are broad, well-defined and raised.
The leaf blade has 3 acute lobes, which are often difficult to discern. The greenish-brown stems are sparsely branched and the carpet is not very thick, revealing the support.
This is a truly original variety, suitable for pots or as ground cover.
History
This cultivar is the result of a mutation of ‘Kaleidoscope’ which appeared in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Kaleidoscope Vert'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘Green Kaleidoscope’
- Pierot classification: Fan-shaped leaves, Undulated-crisped, Curiosity
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Kaleidoscope’, selected in our nursery
Description of Hedera helix ‘Kaleidoscope Vert’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 5 to 8 cm
- Leaf width: 4 to 10 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf base: wedge-shaped
- Leaf apex: very acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish brown
- Length of petiole: 5 to 10 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 1 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Kaleidoscope Vert’
- Exposure: shade, 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
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“the religious engravings are interlaced with garlands of ivy”.”
Gustave Flaubert, Through fields and strikes
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread out, Little branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | 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 | Curiosity, Fan-shaped, Wavy, curly or tight |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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