Hedera helix ‘Aracs’ – Ornemental Ivy
Hedera helix ‘Aracs’ – Ornemental Ivy
Semi-adult ivy with triangular leaves.
Leaf blade, not lobed, with a heart-shaped base, bright green tinged with brown in cold weather. White veins.
Rigid shoots spreading horizontally. Can be used as an isolated plant or as ground cover.
£11.90
Description
Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Aracs’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Aracs’, is a semi-adult ivy with triangular leaves.
The unlobed leaf blade, with a heart-shaped base, is bright green tinged with brown in cold weather. The veins are white.
It forms rigid shoots spreading horizontally. It can be used as an isolated plant or as ground cover.
History
This cultivar was discovered in the Soroksar Botanical Garden in Budapest (Hungary).
Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Aracs'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genus : Hedera
- Species: helix
- Cultivar: ‘Aracs’
- Pierot classification: heart-shaped ivy
- Foliage stage: semi-mature
- Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Cultivar origin: Soroksar Botanical Garden in Hungary
Description of Hedera helix ‘Aracs’
- Port: semi-adult, stiff
- Number of lobes: none
- Leaf length: 3 cm
- Sheet width: 2.5 cm
- Leaf color: bright green
- Leaf shape: triangular
- Leaf base: corded
- Color variations: tinted brown in winter
- Color of veins: white
- Stem and petiole color: greenish brown
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Aracs’
- Exposure: shade, part shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or calcareous
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: pots, rockeries, small garden, isolated
- Development: modest
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
A page from my little ivy encyclopedia
What is cordate ivy?
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In her book “The Ivy Book”, Suzanne Warner Pierot proposes a classification of ivy into 8 categories, based mainly on the appearance of the leaves.
One of these is called heart-shaped ivy. These are ivies whose leaf bases are heart-shaped, or whose whole leaf resembles a heart.
Ivy in literature
“The ivy, dark and twisted, covered the windows, hiding prying eyes.”
Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Additional information
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Stock 9cm and 1L pots | 0 pot |
| Stock containers of 2 or 4L | 11 to 20 containers |
| Stock big articles | 0 big article |
| Shape | Semi-adult, Shrubby, Stiff |
| Appearance of foliage | Green |
| Possible uses | Ground cover, Isolated, Pots or planters |
| Exposure | Partial shade, Shade, Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy |
| Development speed | Medium |
| Development vigor | Modest |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Heart shaped |
| Award | No known award |
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