Description
Wood ivy - Hedera helix ‘La Pointe du Pô’ (The Po Point)’
In a nutshell
Wood ivy, Hedera helix ‘The Po Point’,is close to the type, but is particularly interesting for its beautiful grey-green veins.
The leaf blade is sometimes unlobed and sometimes composed of 3 to 5 lobes. The base of the leaf is cordate or hastate.
The foliage is not very dense. But it is an excellent climber.
History
This cultivar was selected by Olivier Arcelus at Pointe du Pô, near Carnac, in Brittany, France.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'La Pointe du Pô'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘La Pointe du Pô’
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: selected by Olivier Arcelus at Pointe du Pô, near Carnac in Brittany.
Description of Hedera helix ‘La Pointe du Pô’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 0 to 5 lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 5 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 5 cm
- Leaf colour: matt green
- Colour of veins: grey-green, very fine venation
- Leaf base: usually cordate, sometimes hastate
- Leaf apex: acute or rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: brownish
- Length of petiole: 5 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 4 to 5 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera helix ‘La Pointe du Pô’
- 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, climber
- Development: vigorous
- Growth rate: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy had spread its twisted nerves and rich cloaks everywhere. ”






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