Description
Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’
In a nutshell
Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Klaus Friedrich’, is a variety with fine lanceolate foliage, very elegant in pots.
The leaves are unlobed or trilobed. They are rounded at the base and at the top. The blade is dark green.
It is a climbing ivy with few branches, which can form shoots of 50 to 60 cm per year.
History
This cultivar was transmitted to Brother Ingobert Heieck of Neuburg Monastery by Klaus Friedrich of the Botanical Garden in Essen, Germany, in 1983.
Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Klaus Friedrich'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genus: Hedera
- Species: helix
- Cultivar: ‘Klaus Friedrich’
- Pierot classification: curiosity ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of the cultivar: transmitted by Klaus Friedrich of the Essen Botanical Garden, Germany, to Brother Ingobert Heieck at the Neuburg Monastery in 1983.
Description of Hedera helix 'Klaus Friedrich'
- Shape: tuft
- Number of lobes: unlobed or trilobed
- Leaf length: 5 to 6 cm
- Leaf width: 3 cm
- Leaf color: dark green
- Vein color: green
- Stem and petiole color: purplish green
- Petiole length: 1 to 3 cm
- Ramifications: little branched
- Thickness of the mat: quite thick
- Internodes: 2 cm
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Tips for planting, growing and maintaining Hedera helix 'Klaus Friedrich'
- Exposure: shade, partial shade, sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: fresh soil
- Soil pH: neutral or chalky
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-rich
- Use: climbing, pots, planters
- Development: rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spiders, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Ivy snaked over the old stones, a silent witness to past stories.”








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