{"id":1754,"date":"2023-11-08T20:29:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T19:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1754"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:09:24","slug":"hedera-hibernica-albany","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/en\/product\/hedera-hibernica-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Hedera hibernica<\/em> \u2018Albany\u2019 - Irish Ivy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"product-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1754\" class=\"elementor elementor-1754\" data-elementor-post-type=\"product\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16173800 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16173800\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758aebb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"758aebb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #f0ffed;\">Irish ivy - Hedera hibernica \u2018Albany\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0408dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d0408dc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c94f0b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41c94f0b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cee765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cee765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In a nutshell<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3005eadb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3005eadb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Irish ivy, <strong><em>Hedera hibernica<\/em> \u2018Albany\u2019<\/strong>, is a compact ivy with moderate growth.<\/p><p>The stems and petioles are often thick and fasciate, and bear broad, asymmetrical, dark green leaves with 5 lobes. They turn brown in winter. Leafy growths sometimes develop along the main veins.<\/p><p>This variety is very different from most other cultivars of <em>Hedera hibernica.\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">It is a good ground cover for both sun and shade. It can also be used in rock gardens.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a2c7ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60a2c7ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6f647d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e6f647d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This cultivar was discovered by Fred Danker, Albany, New York, USA in 1931.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4968b308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4968b308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technical details - Hedera hibernica 'Albany'<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78976380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78976380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Botanical information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Family: Araliaceae<\/li>\n<li>Genus <em><strong>Hedera<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Species : <em>hibernica<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cultivar: \u2018Albany\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Synonym: \u2018Dankeri\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Pierot classification: ivy curiosity<\/li>\n<li>Foliage stage: semi-adult<\/li>\n<li>Origin of the species: Europe, on the Atlantic coast, from Portugal to Scotland<\/li>\n<li>Origin of cultivar: found by Fred Danker, Albany, New York, USA and distributed from 1935 onwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>Description of Hedera hibernica \u2018Albany\u2019<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Growth habit: shrubby, compact, semi-erect<\/li>\n<li>Number of lobes: usually 5, sometimes 3, sometimes 6<\/li>\n<li>Leaf length: 7 cm<\/li>\n<li>Sheet width: 8 cm<\/li>\n<li>Leaf shape: asymmetrical,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">sometimes with adventitious leaflets on the midrib<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Colour of leaf: medium green<\/li>\n<li><b>Apex <\/b>: sharp<\/li>\n<li>Base: cordiform<\/li>\n<li>Colour of veins: light green, often raised<\/li>\n<li>Stem: well-branched<\/li>\n<li>Colour of stem and petiole: purple green, sometimes fasciated and flattened<\/li>\n<li>Hair: stellate, small<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>Planting, cultivation and care instructions for 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For leaves alone, you can come across dozens of specific terms.<\/p><p>The word \u2018<strong>apex<\/strong>\u2018means the end. It can apply to roots, stems or leaves. This is where the plant lengthens. The apex of an ivy leaf is therefore the tip of the leaf, or the lobes of the leaf. In the same way, the <strong>apical<\/strong> of a leaf corresponds to the part located at the end of a leaf.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jardinsdugue.eu\/la-feuille-description-globale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover all the vocabulary used to describe leaves.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/guirlande-1024x146.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-116\" alt=\"La boutique du lierre - Ivy garland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/guirlande-1024x146.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/guirlande-900x129.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/guirlande-300x43.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/guirlande-768x110.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/guirlande.webp 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fc640c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68fc640c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ivy in literature<\/span><\/h3><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u201cThe ivy-covered walls of the old hacienda seemed to breathe a forgotten history.<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca, Do\u00f1a Rosita the spinster<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compact ivy with moderate growth. Stems and petioles are often thick and fasciate, bearing broad, asymmetrical, dark green leaves with 5 lobes. They turn brown in winter. Leafy growths sometimes develop along the main veins.<\/p>\n<p>Variety very different from most other cultivars of <em>Hedera hibernica.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Good ground cover for both sun and shade. 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