Description
Moroccan ivy - Hedera maroccana ‘Nabar-Nabar’
In a nutshell
Moroccan ivy, Hedera maroccana ‘Nabar-Nabar’, Nabar-Nabar‘ has very attractive white or cream foliage spotted with dark green, with red stems and petioles. In Basque, ’Nabar-Nabar' means very variegated. This Moroccan ivy lives up to its name.
The leaves have 3 or 5 shallow lobes and are of medium size.
This ivy is perfect for pots and can withstand sun and drought.
History
This cultivar was discovered by Iñaki Garmendia Ginea in 2000. It is a mutation of ‘Spanish Canary’ found in a private garden in Antsoain, province of Navare, Spain.
Technical details - Hedera maroccana 'Nabar-Nabar'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genre : Hedera
- Species : maroccana
- Cultivar: ‘Nabar-nabar’
- Pierot classification: ivy type, variegated
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: North Africa
- Origin of cultivar: discovered by Iñaki Garmendia Ginea in a garden in Spain
- Sport of : Spanish Canary‘
Description of Hedera maroccana ‘Nabar-Nabar’
- Growth habit: bushy
- Leaf length: 8 cm
- Sheet width: 8 cm
- Leaf shape: palmate
- Base of leaf: corded
- Leaf apex: acute
- Number of lobes: 3 to 5
- Colour of leaf: white speckled with dark green
- Branches: not self-branching
- Hairs; scaly, central part reddish
Planting, cultivation and care advice for Hedera maroccana ‘Nabar-Nabar’
- Exposure: sun, part shade
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: withstands drought
- Soil PH: neutral, calcareous, acidic
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus
- Use : pot, window box, rockery, houseplant
- Development: modest
- Growth rate: slow
- Pests: rare (spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Like a stubborn ivy, my heart clings to what is falling apart.»








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