Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Rauschgold’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Rauschgold’, This is a variety with foliage that can withstand full light without the foliage becoming damaged.
The leaves are made up of 5 lobes, or sometimes only 3, the base lobe being enveloping. The leaf margins are wavy to slightly rolled.
New shoots are yellowish green to golden yellow, turning pale green over time.
It is an ivy that forms beautiful, thin carpets.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Brother Ingobert Heieck from the monastery in Neuburg, Germany, in 1980. It is a mutation of ‘Goldstern’.’
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Rauschgold'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Rauschgold’
- Pierot classification: ivy with crimped leaves, 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: ‘Goldstern’ sport’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Rauschgold’
- Port : compact
- Number of lobes: usually 5 lobes, sometimes 3
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Sheet width: 7 cm
- Leaf colour: young leaves yellow to yellow-green, later turning light green
- Colour of veins: yellow-green
- Colour of stem and petiole: pinkish green
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Rauschgold’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -12°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, hanging baskets
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy grows slowly but eventually covers the highest tower.”






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