Hedera helix ‘New Ripples’ - Ornamental ivy
A compact variety with attractive, light-green, wavy leaves all year round.
Blade very shiny, with 5 lobes. Stems well-branched, with short internodes. Form attractive clumps.
Excellent, elegant ground cover.
From 5.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘New Ripples’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘New Ripples’, is a compact variety with beautiful, light green, wavy leaves all year round.
The very shiny leaf blade has 5 lobes. The stems are well-branched, with short internodes. They form attractive clumps.
This ivy makes an excellent, elegant ground cover.
History
This cultivar was introduced from the United States in the early 1980s.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'New Ripples'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genus Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘New Ripples’
- Pierot classification: wavy-leaved ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: introduced in the United States in the 1980s
Description of Hedera helix ‘New Ripples’
- Growth habit: clump
- Number of lobes: usually 5 lobes
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: light green
- Colour of veins: yellow-green
- Internode: short
- Branches: well branched
- Colour of stem and petiole: purple green
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘New Ripples’
- Exposure: shade, 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
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia
A new look at ivy ...
Is ivy choking trees?
The ONF (Office National des Forêts) keeps repeating: «Don't cut the ivy at the foot of the trees! It protects them.»
Ivy does not grow at the expense of trees. Tests were carried out on homogeneous forest areas, some without ivy and others with ivy. The best yield was obtained where there was ivy.
Ivy protects the trunks from temperature variations and provides high-quality humus at the foot of the trees. This explains the higher yield.
Ivy will never choke a healthy tree. It will always remain below the crown. It will only completely cover a tree if it is about to die.
Ivy in literature
“This age-old ivy hugging the tower is like the past refusing to let go.»
Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 6 to 10 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 21 to 50 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Fairly branched, Compact, Tufted |
| Type of foliage and colour | Atypical, Curly or wavy, Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Medium |
| Speed | Medium |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Sired by 'Pittsburgh', Wavy, curly or crisp |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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