Hedera helix ‘Mont Blanc’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with beautiful, broad white variegation around a grey-green centre.
Blade lobes 3-5 in number, sometimes faintly marked and often rounded at the apex. Stems greenish with few branches.
Makes magnificent hanging baskets and more!
5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Mont Blanc’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Mont Blanc’, It has beautiful, broad white variegation around a grey-green centre.
There are 3 to 5 lobes on the leaf blade, which are sometimes only slightly marked and often rounded at the apex. The stems are greenish and sparsely branched.
It's a variety that can make magnificent hanging baskets, among other things!
History
This cultivar was discovered by Olivier Arcelus in this collection. It is a mutation of ‘Glacier’.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Mont Blanc'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Mont Blanc’
- 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 ‘Glacier’ discovered by Olivier Arcelus
Description of Hedera helix ‘Mont Blanc’
- Port : semi-erect
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: grey-green with broad white margins
- Colour of veins: grey-green or white
- Leaf base: truncated to cordate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish
- Length of petiole: 3 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Knot spacing: 5 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Mont Blanc’
- Exposure: sun, part shade, 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, hanging baskets
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“And the ivy, floating like a mourning cloak,
Half cover the door and crawl over the threshold. ”
Lamartine, Harmonies
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, Not much branched, Semi-evergreen |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber, Pots or planters, Hanging lamp |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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