Hedera helix ‘Lila’ - ornamental ivy
Small ivy with bird's-foot leaves, silvery in colour and edged with cream.
The leaf blade has 3 to 5 lobes.
Suitable for pots, window boxes and houseplants.
12.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Lila’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Lila’, is a small ivy with bird's-foot leaves, silvery in colour and edged with cream.
The leaf blade has 3 to 5 lobes.
This variety is suitable for pots, window boxes and houseplants.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Silver Butterflies’ selected in our nursery.
Detailed description of Hedera helix 'Lila'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Lila’
- Pierot classification: ivy with bird's-foot leaves, variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Silver Butterflies’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Lila’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 2 to 3 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: silvery-grey with cream margins
- Colour of veins: cream to grey-green
- Base of leaf: corded
- Leaf apex: acute to slightly rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish
- Length of petiole: less than 1 cm
- Branches: well branched
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Internodes: less than 1 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care advice for Hedera helix ‘Lila’
- 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, houseplant
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“A single flounce trimmed the front of the skirt, where bunches of violets, linked by garlands of ivy, secured a light muslin drapery.”
Emile Zola, La Curée
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 0 jar |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 6 to 10 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Spread out |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Houseplant, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Slow |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Panaché, Bird's foot |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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