An intermediate stage between the juvenile and adult stages of ‘Chrysophylla’ ivy.

Les feuilles sont le plus souvent cordiformes. La panachure disparait au stade adulte.

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Le lierre d’ornement  – Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’  vert

In a nutshell

Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’ vert, is presented here in its intermediate stage between the juvenile and adult stages.

Les feuilles sont le plus souvent cordiformes. La panachure se fait plus rare. La plupart des feuilles sont totalement vertes.

C’est une plante qui trouve sa place en isolé, par exemple.

History

Le cultivar ‘Chrysophylla’ figurait déjà dans le catalogue de 1755 de la pépinière Christopher Gray, Fulham, Royaume-Uni sous le nom de ‘Yellow Bloatched Ivy’. C’est en 1865 qu’on le retrouve sous le nom de ‘Chrysophylla’ avec une description rédigée par Robert Veitch & Sons, Exeter, Royaume-Uni.

Fiche technique - Hedera helix 'Chrysophylla' vert

Botanical information

  • Family: Araliaceae
  • Genus Hedera
  • Species : helix
  • Cultivar : ‘Chrysophylla’ vert
  • Pierot classification: ivy type
  • Foliage stage: semi-adult
  • Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
  • Origin of cultivar: known for a very long time, but under different names.

 

Description de Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’ vert

  • Port: stiff, stocky
  • Number of lobes: unlobed
  • Leaf length: 4 to 5 cm
  • Sheet width: 4 cm
  • Leaf colour: light to dark green
  • Colour of veins: green
  • Colour of stem and petiole: purple green
  • Base of leaf: cordate
  • Leaf apex: acute
  • Length of petiole: 2 to 3 cm
  • Stem: fairly branched
  • Internodes: 2 to 3 cm
  • Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

 

Conseils plantation, culture et entretien de Hedera helix ‘Chrysophylla’ vert

  • Exposure: mid-shade, sun
  • Hardiness: -15°C
  • Soil moisture: cool soil
  • Soil PH: neutral or chalky
  • Soil type: all
  • Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
  • Use: climbing, freestanding, rock garden
  • Development: rapid
  • Pruning: once a year
  • Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)
  • Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
La boutique du lierre - Ivy garland

Ivy in literature

“O you brown myrtles, with ivy never withered...”

John Milton, Lycidas

Additional information

Weight N/A
Stock of 1-litre cups and pots

0 jar

Stock 2 or 4 litre containers

11 to 20 containers

Large stock items

0 big topic

General appearance

Stiff, Semi-adult, Stocky

Type of foliage and colour

Yellow variegation

Possible uses

Climbing, Isolated

Exhibition

Part shade, Sun

Hardiness

Good hardiness

Easy to grow

Easy

Speed

Fast

Vigorous development

Medium

Classification according to the Pierot system

Common ivy

Reward obtained

No known reward

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