Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Miss Mirror’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Miss Mirror’, The leaves are generally star-shaped. They are composed of 5 asymmetrical, pointed and scurved lobes. The terminal lobe is somewhat elongated. The leaf margin is wavy.
The leaf blade is medium to dark green. New growth is pale olive green, darkening with age.
This ground-cover ivy is suitable for medium to large areas.
History
We do not know the origin of this cultivar.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Miss Mirror'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘Miss Mirror’
- Pierot classification: ivy with bird's-foot leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: unknown
Description of Hedera helix ‘Miss Mirror’
- Port : stocky
- Number of lobes: usually 5 lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf colour: medium to dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: pinkish
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Miss Mirror’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ancient columns were now shrouded in ivy, like forgotten relics of bygone centuries”





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