Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix ‘Yellow Mist’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Yellow Mist’, is a sparsely branched ivy with red stems bearing broad leaves with a central yellow-green macule.
They are composed of 3 to 5 lobes, with a more or less cordate base and a pointed apex.
It is a ground cover plant that grows quite moderately.
Technical details - Hedera helix 'Yellow Mist'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : helix
- Cultivar: ‘Yellow Mist’
- Pierot classification: standard ivy, variegated 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 ‘Yellow Mist’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 4 to 6 cm
- Leaf width: 4 to 5 cm
- Leaf colour: medium green with yellow-green central macule
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: purple green
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and maintenance advice for Hedera helix ‘Yellow Mist’
- 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, pots, window boxes
- Development: moderate
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Religion creeps in between the cracks in the wall of technology like ivy. Whatever the state of science, the question of the birth of the universe will always arise.”





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