Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix 'Temptation
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix 'Temptation', is a small-leaved ivy, 2 to 2.5 cm long, with 5 to 7 forward-pointing lobes. The median lobe is often divided into two parts.
The leaf blade is green, spotted with gray and irregularly edged with creamy white.
This plant has few branches. The shoots are short, with stiff stems. The whole plant forms a fairly low-lying carpet. An attractive ground cover for small areas of the garden.
History
According to the authors, this cultivar is either a mutation of 'Gertrud Strauss' or 'Anne-Marie'. It was introduced into the Netherlands around 1990. It was successively named 'Willy', 'White Gertrude' until Tim Landers gave it the name 'Temptation' in 1994 when it was registered by the American Ivy Society.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Temptation'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species: helix
- Cultivar: 'Temptation
- Synonyms: 'White Gertrude', Willy'.
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy, type ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Cultivar origin: sport of 'Gertrud Strauss' or 'Anne-Marie'.
Description of Hedera helix 'Temptation
- Growth habit: stocky, spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 2.5 cm
- Sheet width: 2 cm
- Leaf color: green with gray spots and irregular creamy white margins
- Vein color: green and cream
- Stem: sparsely branched
- Stem and petiole color: greenish red
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix 'Temptation
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or calcareous
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, hanging baskets, pots, window boxes
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature: quotations
"The ivy, entwining itself with the ruins, mourns the crumbled greatness of our ancestors."
Chateaubriand, Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe
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