Hedera helix ‘Mieluce’ - Ornamental ivy
Variegated ivy with leaves in various shades of green and a broad cream border.
Blade composed of 3 shallow lobes.
Vigorous ivy that grows fairly quickly. For indoors or in the garden.
5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Mieluce’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Mieluce’, is a variegated ivy with leaves of varying shades of green and a broad cream border.
The leaf blade consists of 3 shallow lobes with rounded or acute tips.
This is a vigorous ivy that grows quite quickly. You can use it as a houseplant or in the garden in a shady spot.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘White Wonder’, selected in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Mieluce'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Mieluce’
- 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: sport of ‘White Wonder’ selected in our nursery.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Mieluce’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Leaf colour: various shades of green with a wide cream margin
- Colour of veins: cream
- Base of leaf: corded
- Leaf apex: rounded to acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish green
- Length of petiole: 4 to 5 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 3 to 4 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Mieluce’
- 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, pot, window box, houseplant
- Development: vigorous
- Growth rate: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Above the cave an ivy takes root,
Floating its festoons and tablecloths below,
Spreads its leaves and bunches like a curtain”
Alphonse de Lamartine, Jocelyn
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 3 to 5 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 | Yellow variegation |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber, Houseplant, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Vigorous |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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