Hedera helix ‘Silver King’ - Ornamental ivy
Leaves coloured in several shades of green and grey, with white speckles around the edges. Very elegant.
This variety can be used as ground cover or as a climber.
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Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Silver King’
In a nutshell
This ivy, Hedera helix ‘Silver King’, This very elegant plant has leaves coloured in several shades of green and grey, with white speckles around the edges. The leaves may have 3 to 5 lobes.
This variety can be used as a hanging plant, ground cover or a climber.
This is a Pittsburg-type ivy that looks very similar to ‘Adam’.
History
The horticultural origin of this cultivar is not known to us.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Silver King'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Silver King’
- Pierot classification: type ivy, variegated ivy, Pittsburgh
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: horticultural
Description of Hedera helix ‘Silver King’
- Growth habit: bushy
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 cm
- Sheet width: 4 cm
- Colour of leaf: grey-green with white speckles
- Colour of veins: cream
- Colour of stem and petiole: brown
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Silver King’
- Exposure : sun
- Growing : easy
- Hardiness: -12°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, climber, hanging, pot
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia
The question of circumstance
What is Pittsburgh ivy?
‘Pittsburgh’ is a variety (cultivar) of very branchy ivy, i.e. forming numerous branches from the leaf axils, usually with very short internodes.
This cultivar has given rise to many other varieties of ivy with the same characteristics (branching ivy). All these ivies are of the Pittsburgh type.
This type of ivy is not included in the Pierot classification. We have added it because it is a very distinctive type of ivy.
Ivy in literature
“The ivy climbing over the graves spoke of a nature indifferent to human destiny.”
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 6 to 10 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 3 to 5 containers |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Bushy, Spread out |
| Type of foliage and colour | Mixed white |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Pots or planters, Hanging lamp |
| Exhibition | Sun |
| Hardiness | Fairly hardy |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Fast |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | From 'Pittsburgh', Ivy type, variegated |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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