Hedera maroccana ‘Limalai’ - Moroccan ivy
Ivy from Morocco in full sun, where the contrasts between the variegation are more accentuated.
Centre of leaf dark green, with light green to yellow-green margins. Stalks reddish.
Rather slow growth.
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Description
Moroccan ivy - Hedera maroccana ‘Limalai’
In a nutshell
Moroccan ivy, Hedera maroccana ‘Limalai’, This is a full-sun ivy where the contrasts between the variegation are more accentuated.
The centre of the leaf is dark green, while the margins are light green to yellow-green. The petioles are reddish.
It resembles ‘Ederalai’, but with smaller, more contrasting leaves. It grows quite slowly.
History
This cultivar is the result of a mutation discovered by Iñaki Garmendia,in Aretxabaleta, in the Basque Country, in a public green space, in 2021.
Technical details - Hedera maroccana 'Limalai'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : maroccana
- Cultivar: ‘Limalai’
- Pierot classification: standard ivy, variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: North Africa, particularly northern Algeria and Tunisia
- Origin of cultivar: discovered by Iñaki Garmendia in a public garden in the Spanish Basque Country.
Description of Hedera maroccana ‘Limalai’
- Growth habit: spreading
- Number of lobes: 3 lobes
- Leaf length: 5 to 7 cm
- Sheet width: 5 cm
- Leaf colour: dark green macule surrounded by yellow green
- Base of leaf: cordate
- Leaf apex: acute
- Colour of veins: light green
- Colour of stem and petiole: reddish
- Hairs: scaly, 4 to 9 branches
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera maroccana ‘Limalai’
- Exposure : sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: fresh or dry soil
- Soil PH: neutral, calcareous or acidic
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, climber
- Development: medium
- Growth rate: fairly slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Beyond the hills, in the distance,
A kilometre or two from my sweet home,
There was an ivy-covered thatched cottage,
With creeping moss on the dome.”
John Keats, Endymion
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock of 1-litre cups and pots | 1 to 2 pots |
| Stock 2 or 4 litre containers | 0 container |
| Large stock items | 0 big topic |
| General appearance | Spread |
| Type of foliage and colour | Yellow variegation |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Climber |
| Exhibition | Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Easy to grow | Easy |
| Speed | Slow |
| Vigorous development | Medium |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Mixed |
| Reward obtained | No known reward |
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