Hedera helix ‘Saint-Vaast’ - wood ivy
Ivy similar to the type, but with smaller, more rounded leaves of a beautiful dark green.
Blade often unlobed or composed of 3 shallow lobes with a broadly rounded apex.
Good ground cover. Vigorous.
5.90 €
Description
Wood ivy - Hedera helix ‘Saint-Vaast’
In a nutshell
Wood ivy, Hedera helix ‘Saint-Vaast’, is an ivy similar to the type, but with smaller, more rounded leaves of a beautiful dark green.
The leaf blade is often unlobed or composed of 3 shallow lobes with a broadly rounded apex.
A good, vigorous ground cover plant for shade or part-shade.
History
This cultivar was collected by Olivier Arcelus in Saint-Vaast in the Manche department, France.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Saint-Vaast'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Saint-Vaast’
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: collected by Olivier Arcelus in Saint-Vaast in the Manche department, France
Description of Hedera helix ‘Saint-Vaast’
- Growth habit: erect, stiff
- Number of lobes: unlobed or 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Sheet width: 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: light green
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: acute to rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish
- Length of petiole: 5 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 1 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Saint-Vaast’
- Exposure: shade, part shade
- 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
- Development: vigorous
- Growth rate: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The ivy had spread its twisted nerves and rich cloaks everywhere. ”
Honoré de Balzac, Philosophical studies
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Upright, Little branched, Stiff |
| Type of foliage and colour | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Vigorous |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Ivy type |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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