Hedera helix ‘Misty’ - Ornamental ivy
Delicate little pointed leaves, coloured in the centre with various shades of grey and green, margined and veined with white. Leaves composed of 3 more or less curved lobes.
A compact, stocky variety. Stems are slender and short, but highly branched.
A charming plant for indoor use, in a pot or hanging basket, for example.
Voted Ivy of the Year in 2005 by the American Ivy Society.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Misty’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Misty’, It has delicate little pointed leaves, coloured in the centre in various shades of grey and green, with white margins and veins. The leaves are made up of 3 more or less curved lobes.
This is a compact, stocky variety. The stems are slender and short, but highly branched.
A charming plant for indoor use, in a pot or hanging basket, for example.
Voted «Ivy of the Year» by the American Ivy Society in 2011.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Needlepoint’ selected by Herman Engelmann Greenhouses, Florida, USA.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Misty'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Misty’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, miniature ivy, 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: sport of ‘Needlepoint’, discovered in the 1970s by Herman Engelmann Greenhouses, Florida, USA.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Misty’
- Growth habit: compact, stocky, spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 2 to 3 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Leaf colour: grey-green with white margins
- Colour of veins: white
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: brownish red
- Stems: very branched, thin, short
- Internodes: 1 to 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Misty’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -8°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, pots, hanging baskets, houseplant
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Lhe ivy ran along the walls, snaking between the cracks like a memory that refuses to fade.”
Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 21 to 50 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 21 to 50 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Compact, Staggered, Trapu, Very branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Houseplant, Pots or planters, Hanging lamp |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Less hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | From 'Pittsburgh', Miniature, variegated, bird's foot |
| Reward obtained | Ivy of the year |
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