Hedera helix ‘Mini Stella’ - ornamental ivy
Small ivy with dark green, bird's-foot leaves.
The leaf blade is divided into 3 to 5 deep, narrow lobes, sometimes with a single lobe.
This variety produces an elegant, compact ground cover that is easy to care for and suitable for all types of exposure.
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Mini Stella’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Mini Stella’, It has small, dark green, bird's-foot-shaped leaves.
The leaf blade is divided into 3 to 5 deep, narrow lobes, sometimes with a single lobe.
This variety produces an elegant, compact ground cover that is easy to care for and suitable for all types of exposure.
History
This cultivar comes from a mutation of ‘Stella’, selected by Olivier Arcelus when he managed this collection.
Detailed description of Hedera helix 'Mini Stella'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Mini Stella’
- Pierot classification: bird's-foot ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Stella’ selected by Olivier Arcelus
Description of Hedera helix ‘Mini Stella’
- Growth habit: spreading or tufted
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general, sometimes unilobed
- Leaf length: 4 to 6 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf base: sagittate to cordate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 5 to 7 cm
- Branches: well branched
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Mini Stella’
- 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
- Uses: ground cover, topiary, hanging baskets, pots, window boxes, houseplant
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Chance has planted the roots of an ivy which, redoubling its intertwined knots a hundred times over, hides the affront of time beneath its slender arms.”
Lamartine, Harmonies
Additional information
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 0 jar |
|---|---|
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Spread out, Tufted |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters, Hanging lamp, Topiary |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Bird's paw |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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