Description
Ornamental ivy - Hedera hibernica 'Vitifolia' adult
In a nutshell
This ivy is an adult form of Hedera hibernica 'Vitifolia'. Upright habit, foliage retaining original type. Leaves are arranged flat along the stem axis.
Short shoots of 25 cm per year. The overall appearance of this shrub forms a beautiful, green conical shape.
Fruits are well clear of the foliage.
Technical data
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species: hibernica
- Cultivar : 'Vitifolia'
- Pierot classification: ivy type
- Foliage stage: adult
- Species origin: Europe, on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: horticultural
Description of mature Hedera hibernica 'Vitifolia
- Growth habit: upright, bushy
- Number of lobes: 5 to 7 lobes
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Sheet width: 5 cm
- Leaf color: dark green
- Color of veins: light green
- Stem and petiole color: green
- Hair: stellar, rather small
- Flowering period: September to November
- Flower color: greenish to yellow
- Fructification: February to April
- Purple-black fruit color
Planting, growing and care instructions for mature Hedera hibernica 'Vitifolia
- Exposure: shade, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or calcareous
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: pots, window boxes, rock gardens, small gardens
- Development: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
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