Description
Irish ivy - Hedera hibernica ‘Atlanti’ 'Atlanti' 'Atlanti' 'Atlanti' 'Atlanti' 'Atlanti’
In a nutshell
Irish ivy, Hedera hibernica ‘Atlanti’, Its leaves are delicately illuminated with light-coloured macules around the veins.
The leaf blade consists of 3 lobes with fairly shallow sinuses.
You can use it as ground cover or as a climber. It is an easy and hardy ivy for all types of exposure.
History
This cultivar is of unknown origin.
Detailed description of Hedera hibernica 'Atlanti'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species :hibernica
- Cultivar: ‘Atlanti’
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Atlantic coast of Europe
- Origin of cultivar: unknown
Description of Hedera hibernica ‘Atlanti’
- Port: extended
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
- Leaf length: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf width: 3 to 4 cm
- Leaf colour: green with yellow-green mottling around the veins
- Colour of veins: yellow-green
- Base of leaf: truncated
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of stem and petiole: red
- Length of petiole: 2 to 5 cm
- Branches: few branches
- Mattress thickness: not very thick
- Internodes: 4 to 5 cm
- Hairs: stellate, smaller than in Hedera helix.
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera hibernica ‘Atlanti’
- Exposure: sun, part shade, shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral, calcareous or acidic
- 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
“A lime tree was showing its branches above the cut section and the wall was covered in ivy on the Rue Polonceau side”.”









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