Fast-growing ivy is very popular for achieving satisfactory results in a relatively short space of time.
Here we have more than a hundred. The notion of rapid development is different from that of vigorous development, which refers to large ivy plants that may not develop rapidly.
The downside of this rapid growth will be the need to prune at least once a year. Preferably at the end of winter.
Hedera helix ‘Jasper’ - Ornamental ivy
A very vigorous, branching climber with medium-sized, curled leaves.
Leaf with 5 lobes. Lobes of
Hedera helix ‘Stuttgart’ - Ornamental ivy
A variety from Ivalace”, with very dense, stocky growth.
Leaves are twice as large. Stems well-branched, with
Hedera helix ‘Crispa’ - Ornamental ivy
Compact ivy that resembles ‘Parsley Crested’. But the leaves are larger and flatter, less twitchy and less 'spiky'.
Hedera helix ‘Gurcy’ - ornamental ivy
A very pretty variegated ivy, with broad cream mottling on a dark green background.
Blade composed of 3 to
Hedera helix ‘Aureovariegata’ - Ornamental ivy
One of the oldest known variegated ivy, already described in England around 1770.
Leaves are fairly small, either three-lobed or deltoid,
Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’ - Ornamental ivy
A variety that lights up the part of the garden where it is planted when spring dawns.
Leaves composed of 3 to
Hedera x soroksarensis ‘Woerneri’ - Ornamental ivy
Vigorous, fast-growing, ideal for ground cover. It has few branches and produces long, stiff stems.
Large leaves
Hedera helix ‘Jester’ - Ornamental ivy
Broad foliage with 3 well-separated lobes, unlike the type which is not lobed.
Compact and
Hedera helix ‘Plattensee’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy collected in the wild and entrusted to the famous collector Ingobert Heieck at the Neubourg monastery in Germany.
Green leaves
Hedera helix ‘Goldcraft’ - Ornamental ivy
A fast-growing but short ground-cover variety that forms a low carpet of lovely, subtle colour.
Sheet composed of three
Hedera helix ‘Sagittaefolia’ - Ornamental ivy
A hardy, vigorous ivy that can be used as ground cover or as a climber, if there is support. Foliage cut into
Hedera hibernica ‘Maculata’ - Irish Ivy
A vigorous climber with very dark, glossy foliage. Green blade splashed with greyish or creamy white.
Its variegation reveals itself
Hedera algeriensis ‘Gloire de Marengo’
A very pretty ivy with broad leaves in shades of green, interspersed with cream, grey, silver or light yellow spots.
x Fatshedera lizei
A small shrub resulting from a cross between a Fatsia and a Hedera hibernica. Large, very graphic palmate leaves.
Leaf blade composed of
Hedera helix ‘Asterisk’ - Ornamental ivy
A very interesting variety for greening walls.
Leaves composed of 5 to 7 narrow lobes, pointed and curved towards the centre.
Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’ - Ornamental ivy
A variety with fine lanceolate foliage, very elegant in pots.
Non-lobed or three-lobed leaves, rounded at the base and at the tip.
Hedera helix ‘Sunrise’ - Ornamental ivy
Traditional ivy leaves, but golden yellow. Very vigorous, fairly branched, very similar to ‘Buttercup’ but much easier to grow.
Hedera helix ‘Duckfoot’ - Ornamental ivy
Miniature ivy with small leaves reminiscent of duck prints.
More of a ground cover than a climber, it is ideal for
Hedera helix ‘Harlequin’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy with slightly variegated leaves, in the form of fine cream borders around the leaf blade or at the tips of the lobes.
Hedera helix ‘Avon’ - Ornamental ivy
One of the fast-growing ivies that thrives in sunny conditions.
Medium-sized leaves composed of 3
Hedera helix ‘Needlepoint’ - Ornamental ivy
Very branchy ivy, with slender stems bearing numerous small leaves with 3 narrow, pointed lobes.
Remaining foliage
Hedera helix ‘Yumin’- Ornamental ivy
A stocky plant with well-branched stems. Leaves three-lobed, the central one protruding. Lobes sometimes well rounded at the base and
Hedera helix ‘Ivalace Marbled’ - Ornamental ivy
Very nice mutation of »Ivalace‘which retains all the characteristics of the parent plant from which it is derived.
Hedera helix ‘Professor Frederich Tobler’ - ornamental ivy
Atypical ivy with leaves that appear to be divided into long, lanceolate leaflets.
The often asymmetrical leaf blade is
Hedera helix ‘Golden Carpet’ - Ornamental ivy
Ornamental ivy that lives up to its name (golden carpet).
Leaves composed of 3 to 5 slightly blunt lobes and
Hedera hibernica ‘Scutifolia’ - Ornamental ivy
Triangular foliage, similar to ‘Deltoidea’, but thinner stems and leaf blade, glossier leaf blade, green veins instead of grey, lobes
Hedera pastuchovii ‘Ann Ala’ - Iran Ivy
A climbing plant with few branches.
Glossy, grey-green, veined foliage takes on a lovely crimson colour in winter.
Hedera helix ‘Agile’ - ornamental ivy
Ivy similar to the type, forming dark green leaves with five lobes.
Mutation appeared on the nursery at
Hedera helix ‘Baden-Baden’ - Ornamental ivy
Interesting ivy for its resistance to drought and sun.
Leaves, medium-sized, formed by 3 to
Hedera helix ‘Kobby’ - Ornamental ivy
Fast-growing ivy that produces long stems.
Finger-shaped leaves with 3 lobes, the terminal lobe
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