Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Sarah’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Sarah’, is an ivy similar to ‘Glacier’, but with broader foliage and shorter internodes.
The leaves have 3 to 5 slightly rounded lobes. The leaf blade is edged with cream around various shades of green.
This ivy adapts to all types of exposure, as ground cover or as a climber.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Sarah'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar : ‘Sarah’
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy, type ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: unknown
Description of Hedera helix ‘Sarah’
- Growth habit: spreading, stocky
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Sheet width: 3 cm
- Leaf colour: various shades of green with cream-coloured margins
- Colour of veins: cream
- Base of leaf: obtuse to cordate
- Leaf apex: slightly rounded
- Stem: well-branched
- Internodes: 1 to 2 cm
- Colour of stem and petiole: purple brown
- Length of petiole: 1 to 3 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Sarah’
- 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, hanging baskets, pots, window boxes, houseplant
- Development: rapid, vigorous
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“There are memories that are as tenacious as ivy, that can never be detached from the walls of the mind.”





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