Hedera helix ‘Peter Pan’ - Ornamental ivy
Tiny, almost round, cup-shaped green leaves pointing downwards, or sometimes upwards on new shoots. Blade slightly wrinkled, hairy and well-veined.
Good branching with stiff, dull green, fasciate stems.
Ivy is particularly attractive in pots, adding a certain lightness with its foliage.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Peter Pan’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Peter Pan’, It is characterised by its tiny, almost round, cup-shaped green leaves, which face downwards, or sometimes upwards on new shoots. The leaf blade is slightly wrinkled, hairy and well-veined.
The plant is well branched with stiff, dull green, fasciate stems.
This ivy is particularly attractive in pots, adding a certain lightness to the foliage.
History
This cultivar was introduced into cultivation in the United States before 1986. It is thought to be a fasciate mutation of ‘Duckfoot‘.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Peter Pan'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘Peter Pan’
- Pierot classification: miniature ivy, ivy with fan-shaped leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: probably a sport of ‘Duckfoot‘
Description of Hedera helix ‘Peter Pan’
- Port : stocky
- Number of lobes: generally unlobed, sometimes very slightly three-lobed
- Leaf length: 1.5 cm
- Sheet width: 1.5 cm
- Leaf colour: dull green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
- Stem: very branched
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care advice for Hedera helix ‘Peter Pan’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- 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, topiary, rockery
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Under the ivy-covered walls, I could feel the secrets of the centuries whispering around me.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 3 to 5 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Bush, Trapu, Very branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Atypical, Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters, Rockery, Topiary |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Curiosity, Fan-shaped, From 'Pittsburgh', Miniature |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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