Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’, Its foliage is variegated, sometimes with large yellow or green patches.
The leaves are among the widest of the Hedera helix species.
Not very branchy, with fairly short internodes, it only grows by around twenty centimetres each year.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Goldchild’, discovered by Ej van der Heyden in the Netherlands.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Yellow Frisian'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Yellow Frisian’
- 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: mutation of ‘Goldchild’
Description of Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’
- Growth habit: ground cover
- Number of lobes: 7 lobes in general, sometimes with secondary lobes on the terminal lobe
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Sheet width: 6 cm
- Colour of leaf: green with yellow highlights
- Colour of veins: yellow-green
- Branches: sparsely branched
- Internodes: short
- Colour of stem and petiole: green
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’
- 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: ground cover, climber
- Development: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
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