Hedera helix ‘Nena’ - Ornamental ivy
Fan-shaped leaves consisting mainly of 5 lobes, sometimes with 2 additional auricular lobes. The petiole is reddish and often flattened.
Blade wavy at the edges, irregularly edged with creamy white, with random grey-green sectoring around the veins.
A pretty, compact-growing ivy that makes a beautiful, densely-branched hanging basket.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Nena’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Nena’, It has fan-shaped leaves composed mainly of 5 lobes, to which 2 additional auricular lobes are sometimes added. The sinus between the terminal and lateral lobes is often fluted with the crest of the undulation pointing upwards. The reddish petiole is often flattened, which is an important identification feature.
The leaf blade, undulating at the edges, is irregularly edged with creamy white, with random grey-green sectoring around the veins.
This is a pretty, compact-growing ivy that makes a beautiful, densely-branched hanging basket. It can also be used as ground cover for small areas of the garden.
History
This cultivar is the result of a mutation of ‘Gertrud Stauss‘It was introduced in the 1990s.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Nena'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Nena’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, fan ivy, ivy with wavy-crisped leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Gertrud Stauss’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Nena’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: usually 5 lobes
- Leaf length: 4 to 5 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Leaf colour: green to grey-green with creamy white margins
- Colour of veins: cream
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Nena’
- 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
- Use: ground cover, climber, pot, window box, hanging baskets
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy, in its gentle, tenacious embrace, seemed to protect the vestiges of past grandeur.”
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 11 to 20 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 6 to 10 large subjects |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Compact, Spread out, Extended |
| Type of foliage and colour | Atypical, Yellow variegated |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber, Pots or planters, Hanging lamp |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Fan-shaped, From 'Pittsburgh', Wavy, curly or crisp, Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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