Very attractive cream variegated foliage on grey-green leaves.

Interesting in pots or as ground cover for small areas.

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Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Nevers Golden Ingot’

In a nutshell

Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Nevers Golden Ingot’, is a variant of Hedera helix ‘Golden Ingot’.

As with its parent, the foliage is beautifully variegated with cream on grey-green leaves. The colour is more yellow.

An interesting ivy in a pot or as ground cover for small areas.

History

This cultivar is a variant of Hedera helix ‘Golden Ingot’, spotted by Olivier Arcelus in Nevers, France.

Technical details - Hedera helix 'Nevers Golden Ingot'

Botanical information

  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genre : Hedera
  • Species : helix
  • Cultivar: ‘Nevers Golden Ingot’
  • Pierot classification: standard ivy, variegated ivy
  • Foliage stage: juvenile
  • Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
  • Origin of cultivar: a mutation of ‘Golden Ingot’, discovered by O. Arcelus near Nevers (France)

 

Description of Hedera helix ‘Nevers Golden Ingot’

  • Growth habit: bushy
  • Number of lobes: usually 3 to 5
  • Leaf length: 5 cm
  • Sheet width: 6 cm
  • Colour of leaf: grey-green with creamy flecks
  • Colour of veins: cream
  • Colour of stem and petiole: pink
  • Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

 

Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Nevers Golden Ingot’

  • Exposure: sun, part shade
  • Growing : easy
  • Hardiness: -15°C
  • Soil moisture: cool soil
  • Soil PH: neutral or chalky
  • Soil type: all
  • Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
  • Use: ground cover, pots, window boxes, rock gardens, small gardens
  • Development: moderate
  • Pruning: once a year
  • Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
  • Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
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Ivy in literature

“Ivy clings to the ruins of old temples like memory clings to memories of the past.

Chateaubriand , Memoirs from beyond the grave

Additional information

Weight N/A
Stock of 1-litre cups and pots

3 to 5 pots

Stock 2 or 4 litre containers

21 to 50 containers

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General appearance

Bushy, Compact, Spread out, Semi-evergreen

Type of foliage and colour

Yellow variegation

Possible uses

Ground cover, Pots or planters

Exhibition

Part shade, Sun

Hardiness

Good hardiness

Easy to grow

Easy

Speed

Average

Vigorous development

Medium

Classification according to the Pierot system

Ivy type, variegated

Reward obtained

No known reward

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