Ivy similar to the type, but with smaller, rounder leaves with attractive veins.

Blade triangular, three-lobed or almost not lobed. Heart-shaped base and slightly rounded apex.

A good ground cover plant for shade or part shade, easy to grow.

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Wood ivy - Hedera helix ‘Manoir de Paimpol’ (Paimpol Manor)’

In a nutshell

Wood ivy, Hedera helix ‘Manoir de Paimpol’, is close to the type, but with smaller, rounder leaves and attractive veins.

The leaf blade is triangular, three-lobed or almost not lobed. The base is cordate and the apex slightly rounded.

A good ground cover plant for shade or part-shade, it is easy to grow.

History

This cultivar was harvested by Olivier Arcelus in Paimpol, Brittany, France.

Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Manoir de Paimpol'

Botanical information

  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genre : Hedera
  • Species : helix
  • Cultivar: ‘Manoir de Paimpol’
  • 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: harvested by Olivier Arcelus near Paimpol

 

Description of Hedera helix ‘Manoir de Paimpol’

  • Growth habit: spreading
  • Number of lobes: 0 to 3 lobes
  • Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
  • Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
  • Colour of leaf: dark green
  • Colour of veins: grey-green
  • Base of leaf: cordate
  • Leaf apex: slightly rounded
  • Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
  • Length of petiole: 5 cm
  • Branches: few branches
  • Mattress thickness: not very thick
  • Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
  • Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

 

Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera helix ‘Manoir de Paimpol’

  • 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, climber
  • Development: moderate
  • Growth rate: medium
  • Pruning: once a year
  • Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
  • Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
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Ivy in literature

“Ivy has the good fortune not to be a man, it doesn't go to the club or backstage at the Opera and never rides in a carriage. It dies where it attaches itself.

Mery, An unknown crime

Additional information

Weight N/A
Stock of 1-litre cups and pots

11 to 20 pots

Stock 2 or 4 litre containers

6 to 10 containers

Large stock items

0 big topic

General appearance

Spread out, Little branched

Type of foliage and colour

Green

Possible uses

Ground cover, Climber

Exhibition

Part shade, 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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