Name: Hedera helix 'Hurricane' - Ornemental Ivy - The Ivy Site
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Hedera helix ‘Hurricane’ – Ornemental Ivy

Vigorous variety, with well-marked variegations, which illuminates the support to which it is attached.

Leaves, of medium size, composed of three or five lobes. Leaf blade, with a green heart, widely edged with more or less thick creamy white.

Medium branchy ivy, which forms thin mattresses.

Category Ivy

Description

Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Hurricane’

In a nutshell

The ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Hurricane’, is a vigorous variety, with well-marked variegations, which brightens the support to which it is attached.

The leaves, of medium size, are composed of three or five lobes. The blade, with a green heart, is widely edged with more or less thick creamy white.

It is a medium-branched ivy, which forms thin mats.

History

This cultivar is said to have been received by Mario Hollmann of the German Ivy Society.

Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Hurricane'

Botanical information

Family: Araliaceae
Genus : Hedera
Species: helix
Cultivar: ‘Hurricane’
Pierot classification: variegated ivy
Foliage stage: juvenile
Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
Cultivar origin: Mario Hollmann

Description of Hedera helix ‘Hurricane’

Growth habit: extended
Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
Leaf length: 3.5 cm
Sheet width: 4 cm
Leaf color: green with yellow variegation
Color of veins: green
Stem: moderately branchy
Stem and petiole color: green
Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

Planting, growing and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Hurricane’

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: climbing, pots, window boxes
Development: vigorous
Pruning: once a year
Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

A page from my little ivy encyclopedia

The question of circumstance ...

What is branching ivy?

Ivy can form long, liana-like stems to which leaves are attached in alternate arrangements. For some ivy species, these stems are unbranched, i.e. no secondary branches grow from them. In this case, we would say that these ivies are unbranched.

On the other hand, in other species, numerous secondary branches grow from the main stem, in the leaf axils. These are known as branching ivy.

Ivy can be forced to form secondary branches by regular pruning. Those that form secondary branches without being pruned are known as self-branching ivy. The most typical of these is ‘Pittsburgh’ ivy(Hedera helix ‘Pittsburgh’).

Ivy in literature

“The ivy creeping over the gate seemed to whisper a silent prayer.”

Rainer Maria Rilke, Les Cahiers de Malte Laurids Brigge

Additional information

Stock 9cm and 1L pots	0 pot
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	0 cantainer
Stock big articles	0 big article
Shape	Extended
Appearance of foliage	White variegated
Possible uses	Climbing, Pots or planters
Exposure	Partial shade, Shade, Sun
Hardiness	Good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Easy
Development speed	Medium
Development vigor	Vigorous
Classification according to the Pierot system	Ivy ivy, Variegated
Award	No known award