Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Tanja’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Tanja’, This ivy has dark green leaves with a heart-shaped base and very attractive veining, especially in winter.
The central lobe is elongated in the shape of an arrow. The sinuses are shallow.
This is a particularly hardy ivy native to the Caucasus mountains.
History
This cultivar was discovered in 1979 by Pieter Zwijnenburg, a nurseryman in the Netherlands, in the wild in the Caucasus mountains. It was initially mistaken for a variety of Hedera pastuchovii because of the shape of its leaves. But it doesn't have the spicy smell of pastuchovii.
Detailed sheet - Hedera helix 'Tanja'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Tanja’
- Synonym: Hedera caucasigena ‘Tanja’
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: found in the wild in the Caucasus mountains in 1979.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Tanja’
- Port : stocky
- Number of lobes: 0 to 3 lobes
- Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf width: 2 to 3 cm
- Colour of leaf: dark green
- Colour of veins: white
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple
- Length of petiole: 2 to 3 cm
- Branches: fairly widespread
- Mattress thickness: fairly thick
- Internodes: 1 to 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Tanja’
- Exposure: part shade
- Hardiness: -18°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, climber
- Development: moderate
- Growth rate: medium
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: rare (e.g. otiorhynchs)
- Diseases: rare (e.g. leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“This nonsense attached themselves to your most beautiful thoughts as ivy attaches itself to the oaks in the avenue.”






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