Hedera helix ‘Pastel’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with leaves that are more or less depigmented and finely mottled with cream or yellow-green.
Blade composed of 3 to 5 lobes with shallow sinuses and rounded tips. The veins are clearly visible, sometimes lighter, sometimes darker than the blade.
Very slow growth. For collectors.
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Pastel’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Pastel’,is an ivy with leaves that are more or less depigmented and finely mottled with cream or yellow-green.
The leaf blade is made up of 3 to 5 lobes with shallow sinuses and rounded tips. The veins are clearly visible, sometimes lighter, sometimes darker than the leaf blade.
This ivy grows very slowly. It is a variety for collectors.
History
This cultivar is the result of a mutation of ‘Waccamaw’ discovered in our nursery.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Pastel'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Pastel’
- 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 ‘Waccamaw’, discovered in our nursery.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Pastel’
- Growth habit: upright, sparse
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Sheet width: 3 cm
- Leaf colour: depigmented green, finely mottled with greenish yellow or cream
- Colour of veins: light green
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: acute to slightly rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish
- Length of petiole: 2 to 3 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 1 to 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Pastel’
- Exposure: part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: pot plants, houseplants
- Development: modest
- Growth rate: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Above the grotto, ivy takes root,
Floating its festoons and tablecloths below,
Spreads its leaves and bunches like a curtain,
And, braiding herself into a grid and crossing her bars,
On the oblong window thickens its networks.”
Alphonse de Lamartine, Jocelyn
Additional information
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 0 jar |
|---|---|
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Upright, Scattered, Little branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Houseplant, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Semi-shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Difficult |
| Speed | Slow |
| Vigorous development | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Curiosity |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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