Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Sabine’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Sabine’, This variety has shiny, medium-green polymorphic foliage.
The leaves are composed of 3, 5 or even 7 lobes, arranged in a fan shape, undulating and curving downwards, which develop almost like separate, overlapping leaflets.
It is a compact, small-growing ivy that adapts well to all types of exposure.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Shamrock’, discovered by Gebr. Stauss, Germany in 1996.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Sabine'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Sabine’
- Pierot classification: ivy with wavy-crisped leaves, fan-shaped
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: ‘Shamrock’ sport’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Sabine’
- Port : compact
- Number of lobes: 3, 5 or 7 lobes
- Leaf length: 3.5 cm
- Sheet width: 3.5 cm
- Colour of leaf: shiny medium green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Leaf shape: polymorphic
- Colour of stem and petiole: green
- Length of petiole: 3 to 5 cm
- Stem: very branched
- Internodes: 1 to 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Sabine’
- 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
- Development: moderate and slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Ivy, wild and powerful, invaded everything in its path, like an indomitable force of nature.”






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