{"id":1778,"date":"2023-11-08T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1778"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:09:24","slug":"hedera-hibernica-china-plate","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/en\/product\/hedera-hibernica-china-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Hedera hibernica<\/em> \u2018China Plate\u2019 - Irish Ivy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"product-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1778\" class=\"elementor elementor-1778\" data-elementor-post-type=\"product\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333f9c46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"333f9c46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2e59f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b2e59f3\" 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 \u2018China Plate\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-2e55dd2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e55dd2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aca823 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5aca823\" 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-203f172e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"203f172e\" 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-24b28413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24b28413\" 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> \u2018China Plate\u2019<\/strong>, This variety has broad, curved, dark green, shiny foliage. The leaves have 3 to 5 lobes, varying in depth and usually pointed. The dark red petioles can reach 15 cm in length.<\/p><p>The stem has few branches and the internodes are about ten centimetres apart.<\/p><p>This is an ivy with a thin mat, which makes a good, fast-growing climber.<\/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-368b8c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"368b8c06\" 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-5919888e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5919888e\" 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 in 1975 in Newborough Wood, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom.<\/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-596f242b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"596f242b\" 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 'China Plate'<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c615c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c615c71\" 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><ul><li>Family: Araliaceae<\/li><li>Genus <em><strong>Hedera<\/strong><\/em><\/li><li>Species : <em>hibernica<\/em><\/li><li>Cultivar: \u2018China Plate\u2019<\/li><li>Pierot classification: ivy type<\/li><li>Foliage stage: juvenile<\/li><li>Origin of the species: Europe, on the Atlantic coast, from Portugal to Scotland<\/li><li>Origin of cultivar: found in Newborough Wood, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, in 1975<\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Description of Hedera hibernica \u2018China Plate\u2019<\/h3><ul><li>Growth habit: spreading<\/li><li>Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general<\/li><li>Leaf length: 10 cm<\/li><li>Sheet width: 12 cm<\/li><li>Colour of leaf: medium to dark green, shiny<\/li><li>Colour of veins: green<\/li><li>Stem: lightly branched<\/li><li>Petiole length; up to 15 cm<\/li><li>Mattress thickness: not very thick<\/li><li>Node spacing: 10 cm<\/li><li>Colour of stem and petiole: red<\/li><li>Hair: stellate, small<\/li><\/ul><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>Advice on planting, growing and caring for Hedera\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; text-align: var(--text-align);\">hibernica \u2018China Plate\u2019<\/span><\/h3><ul><li>Exposure: shade, part shade, sun<\/li><li>Hardiness: -15\u00b0C<\/li><li>Soil moisture: cool soil<\/li><li>Soil PH: neutral, calcareous or acidic<\/li><li>Soil type: all<\/li><li>Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing<\/li><li>Use: climbing<\/li><li>Development: vigorous, rapid<\/li><li>Pruning: once a year<\/li><li>Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)<\/li><li>Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)<\/li><\/ul>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9efe0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e9efe0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3ba74 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd3ba74\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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For leaves alone, you can come across dozens of specific terms.<\/p>\n<p>A leaf is said to be <b>curved&nbsp;<\/b>when its edges are <b>curved upwards<\/b>, The opposite of \u2018curved\u2019 is 'scurved'. The opposite of 'curved' is recurved, i.e. curved downwards.<\/p>\n<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-58d6123a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58d6123a\" 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-239bf772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"239bf772\" 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;\">\u201cIvy, a symbol of persistence, covered the forgotten gravestone.<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">William Faulkner, Noise and Fury\u00ab<\/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>Broad, dark green, curved foliage with an attractive sheen. Leaves with 3 to 5 lobes, more or less deep and usually pointed. 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