Hedera helix ‘Marginata Elegantissima’
Ivy with leaves splashed with green and grey with creamy edges and a fine pink border.
Blade formed of 3 very shallow lobes, broadly rounded at the apex. Base cordate to truncate.
Magnificent in pots or window boxes.
5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Marginata Elegantissima’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Marginata Elegantissima’, The leaves are splashed with green and grey, with wide cream margins and a fine pink border.
The leaf blade is formed of 3 very faint lobes, broadly rounded at the apex. The base is cordate to truncated.
This is a magnificent variety for pots or window boxes.
History
This cultivar is of unknown but ancient origin.
Detailed description of Hedera helix 'Marginata Elegantissima'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Marginata Elegantissima’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: unknown, but ancient
Description of Hedera helix ‘Marginata Elegantissima’
- Growth habit: spreading to semi-erect
- Number of lobes: 0 to 3 lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf colour: green, creamy grey and pink
- Colour of veins: cream
- Leaf base: cordate to truncated
- Leaf apex: rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: olive green
- Length of petiole: 3 to 4 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 2 to 4 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera helix ‘Marginata Elegantissima’.’
- 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: climber, ground cover, pot, window box
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia
Ivy in literature
“Elongated laurels and cypresses murmur there; black ivy and grapevines cover the dark recesses.”
François-René de Chateaubriand, The Genius of Christianity
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 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 | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber, 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 | Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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