Hedera helix ‘Sainte-Maxime’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with light green leaves with white margins, turning red in winter.
Blade composed of 3 rounded lobes with a truncated or cordate base. Young stems and petioles reddish.
For pots, window boxes or houseplants.
15.90 €
Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Sainte-Maxime’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Sainte-Maxime’, is an ivy with light green leaves with wide white margins, which turn red in cold conditions.
The leaf blade is made up of 3 shallow lobes, rounded at the top. It is truncated or cordate at the base. Young stems and petioles are reddish.
This variety is best suited to pots, window boxes or houseplants.
History
This cultivar of unknown origin was collected from a garden centre in Sainte-Maxime in the Var by Olivier Arcelus. The plant had no name.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Sainte-Maxime'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Sainte-Maxime’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: unknown, collected unnamed from a garden centre in Sainte-Maxime in the Var by Olivier Arcelus.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Sainte-Maxime’
- Growth habit: spreading to upright
- Number of lobes: usually 3 rounded lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 5 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: light green
- Colour of veins: white-green
- Leaf base: cordate to truncated
- Leaf apex: acute to rounded
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Length of petiole: 2 to 3 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Sainte-Maxime’
- 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: pots, window boxes, houseplants
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“The sun never penetrated to the bottom of this garden, the ivy and the
boxwood alone grew vigorously there; and the eternal shadow
was very gentle”
Zola, The Dream
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 0 jar |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 11 to 20 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Upright, Spread out, Little branched |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Houseplant, Pots or planters |
| Exhibition | Part shade, Shade |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Average |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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