Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’ - Ornamental ivy
A variety with fine lanceolate foliage, very elegant in pots.
Leaves not lobed or three-lobed, rounded at base and apex. Dark green blade.
A climbing ivy with few branches, which can form shoots of 50 to 60 cm per year.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’, is a variety with fine lanceolate foliage, very elegant in pots.
The leaves are unlobed or three-lobed. They are rounded at the base and the top. The leaf blade is dark green.
It is a climbing ivy with few branches, which can form shoots of 50 to 60 cm per year.
History
This cultivar was passed on to Brother Ingobert Heieck of the Neuburg monastery by Klaus Friedrich of the botanical garden in Essen, Germany, in 1983.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Klaus Friedrich'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Klaus Friedrich’
- Pierot classification: ivy curiosity
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: transmitted by Klaus Friedrich from the Essen Botanic Garden, Germany, to Brother Ingobert Heieck at the Neuburg monastery in 1983.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’
- Growth habit : clump
- Number of lobes: unlobed or three-lobed
- Leaf length: 5 to 6 cm
- Sheet width: 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: green
- Colour of stem and petiole: purplish green
- Length of petiole: 1 to 3 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Knot spacing: 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: climber, pot, window box
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy snaked over the old stones, a silent witness to the past.”
Bram Stoker, The Lady in the Shroud
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 6 to 10 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Tuft |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Climber, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Curiosity, From 'Pittsburgh' |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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