Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’ - Ornamental ivy
A variety that lights up the part of the garden where it is planted when spring dawns.
Leaves with 3 to 5 lobes, mottled cream, white and light green all over, then turning completely green with light green veins.
Ivy with sparse foliage and sparsely branched stems, but makes a good, slender climber.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’, This is a variety that lights up the part of the garden where it is planted when spring dawns.
The leaves have 3 to 5 lobes, mottled with cream, white and light green all over. Older leaves turn completely green with light green veins.
It is an ivy with sparse foliage and sparsely branched stems, but makes a good, slender climber.
History
This cultivar, of unknown origin, appeared in the collections of the American Ivy Society towards the end of the 1970s.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Moonbeam'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Moonbeam’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, type ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: unknown, present in the collections of the American Ivy Society at the end of the 1970s.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’
- Growth habit: spreading, sparse
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green mottled cream, white and light green
- Colour of veins: yellow-green
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -19°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: climber, hanging baskets, pots, window boxes
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy climbed silently, unhurriedly, enveloping the stone in its slow, tenacious embrace.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 21 to 50 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Scattered, Spread out, Little branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Yellow, Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters, Hanging lamp |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type, variegated |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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