{"id":692,"date":"2023-10-29T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T11:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=692"},"modified":"2026-04-29T07:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:09:35","slug":"hedera-helix-gertrud-stauss","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/en\/product\/hedera-helix-gertrud-stauss\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Hedera helix<\/em> \u2018Gertrud Stauss\u2019 - Ornamental ivy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"product-post\" data-elementor-id=\"692\" class=\"elementor elementor-692\" data-elementor-post-type=\"product\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0925e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b0925e4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64fcb45b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64fcb45b\" 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;\">Ornamental ivy - Hedera helix \u2018Gertrud Stauss\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-14550178 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14550178\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746256c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"746256c2\" 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-5758869c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5758869c\" 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-1dc92a00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dc92a00\" 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>Ornamental ivy, <strong><em>Hedera helix<\/em> \u2018Gertrud Stauss\u2019<\/strong>, This is an attractive, compact, self-branching cultivar with elegantly lobed, medium-sized variegated leaves.<\/p><p>The leaf blade consists of 3 to 5 lobes coloured grey and green in the centre with wide, irregular creamy-white margins. The central lobe and main vein are sometimes divided. The base of the leaves is cordate. The leaf is slightly wavy.<\/p><p>As the plants mature, they develop a bushier, more mature growth habit and have sharper, non-lobed triangular leaves. It is an interesting ground cover, particularly for medium-sized areas in sunny locations.<\/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-139f1047 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"139f1047\" 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-769642e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"769642e3\" 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 introduced by Gebr Stauss in Germany in 1977. It could be a mutation of \u2018Pittsburgh\u2019.<\/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-4cf5ca4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4cf5ca4e\" 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 helix 'Gertrud Stauss'<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3333630d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3333630d\" 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>helix<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cultivar: \u2018Gertrud Stauss\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Pierot classification: variegated ivy<\/li>\n<li>Foliage stage: juvenile<\/li>\n<li>Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.<\/li>\n<li>Origin of cultivar: possibly a sport of \u2018Pittsburgh\u2019, introduced by Gebr Stauss, Germany, in 1977.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>Description of Hedera helix \u2018Gertrud Stauss\u2019<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Growth habit: spreading<\/li>\n<li>Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general<\/li>\n<li>Leaf length: 4 cm<\/li>\n<li>Sheet width: 5 cm<\/li>\n<li>Leaf colour: grey and green in the centre, with fairly wide creamy white margins<\/li>\n<li>Base of leaf: cordate<\/li>\n<li>Colour of veins: cream<\/li>\n<li>Colour of stem and petiole: greenish purple<\/li>\n<li>Branches: well branched<\/li>\n<li>Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix \u2018Gertrud Stauss\u2019<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Exposure : sun<\/li>\n<li>Hardiness: -8\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Soil moisture: cool soil<\/li>\n<li>Soil PH: neutral or chalky<\/li>\n<li>Soil type: all<\/li>\n<li>Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing<\/li>\n<li>Use: ground cover, climber, pot, hanging baskets, window boxes<\/li>\n<li>Development: medium<\/li>\n<li>Pruning: once a year<\/li>\n<li>Pests: very rare (spider mites, mealy bugs)<\/li>\n<li>Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)<\/li>\n<\/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-712abdc4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"712abdc4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ed96df9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ed96df9\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36308a89\" 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\">A page from my little ivy encyclopaedia<\/h2>\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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-6836 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6836\" 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>The occasional question ...<\/h3><h2>What is self-branching ivy?<\/h2><p>Ivy can form long stems, like lianas, to which leaves are attached in alternate arrangements. For some ivy species, these stems are unbranched, meaning that no secondary branches grow from the vines. In this case, we would say that these ivies are not branched.\u00a0<\/p><p>Conversely, in other species, numerous secondary branches grow from the main stem, in the leaf axils. These are known as branching ivy.<\/p><p>Ivy can be forced to form secondary branches by regular pruning. Those that form secondary branches without being pruned are known as ivy. <b>self-ramifying<\/b> (self-ramification or self-branching). The most typical of these is \u2018Pittsburgh\u2019 ivy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hedera-etc.com\/en\/product\/hedera-helix-pittsburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hedera helix<\/em> \u2018Pittsburgh\u2019<\/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-ce19129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce19129\" 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-844fb81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"844fb81\" 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 were bathed in a green glow that seemed suspended in time.<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Virginia Woolf<\/strong>, <em>The Years<\/em><\/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>A pretty, compact, self-branching cultivar with elegantly lobed, medium-sized variegated leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Blade composed of 3 to 5 lobes coloured grey and green in the centre with wide, irregular creamy-white margins. Central lobe and main vein sometimes divided. Base of leaves cordate. Leaf slightly wavy.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting ground cover, particularly for medium-sized areas in sunny 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