Hedera helix ‘Pitimini’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with small grey-green variegated leaves edged with creamy white.
Blade bird's-foot shaped, with 3 lobes, sometimes 5. Stems flexible, reddish in colour.
A pretty, bright ground cover that is easy to grow.
7.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Pitimini’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Pitimini’, is an ivy with small grey-green variegated leaves finely edged with creamy white. A pink border may appear in cold conditions.
The blade is bird's-foot shaped, usually with 3 lobes, but sometimes with 5. The stems are flexible and reddish in colour.
It's a pretty, bright ground cover that's easy to grow.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Iñaki Garmendia Ginea in the Basque Country. It is a mutation of ‘Jacobine’.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Pitimini'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Pitimini’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, ivy with bird's-foot leaves
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: sport of ‘Jacobine’, discovered by Iñaki Garmendia Ginea in the Basque Country.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Pitimini’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: grey-green with creamy white margins
- Colour variation: sometimes pink edging in cold conditions
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 1 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: less than 1 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Pitimini’
- 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, climber, pot, window box, hanging baskets, topiary
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“I can push aside this green curtain of ivy,
To measure night or light in my eyes”.”
Alphonse de Lamartine, Jocelyn
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 21 to 50 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread out, Little branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber, Houseplant, Pots or planters, Hanging, Topiary |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Panaché, Bird's foot |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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