Hedera helix 'Little Diamond' - Ornemental Ivy

Hedera helix ‘Little Diamond’ – Ornemental Ivy

Ground cover with small diamond-shaped leaves. Dense, compact foliage, with a beautiful silvery light.

Rhomboidal leaf shape. Leaf blade spotted with green and gray-green with creamy white margins. In winter, the variegation turns red in dry and cold weather.

Variety with limited and slow growth that can be used isolated in a small corner of the garden or in large sheets at the foot of trees. Slightly branched stems, short internodes, dense mattress.

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Description

Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Little Diamond’

In a nutshell

Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Little Diamond’, is a ground cover with small diamond-shaped leaves. The foliage is dense, compact, with a beautiful silvery light.

The leaf is not lobed, it is rhomboidal in shape. The blade is spotted with green and grey-green with creamy white margins. In winter, the variegation turns red in dry and cold weather.

It is a variety with limited and slow growth that can be used isolated in a small corner of the garden or in large sheets at the foot of trees. The stems are not very branchy, but the internodes are short, which forms a dense mattress.

History

This cultivar of unknown origin was first described by Seibold in 1964. Its first name was ‘Kleiner Diamant’.

Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Little Diamond'

Botanical information

Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Hedera
Species: helix
Cultivar: ‘Little Diamond’
Synonym: ‘Kleiner Diamant’
Pierot classification: miniature ivy, variegated ivy
Foliage stage: juvenile
Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
Origin of the cultivar: mentioned in a Swiss publication by J. Gold in 1962

Description of Hedera helix 'Little Diamond'

Shape: stocky, spreading, tuft
Number of lobes: generally not lobed
Leaf length: 4 cm
Leaf width: 2 cm
Leaf color: spotted with green and gray-green with creamy white margins
Vein color: cream
Stem and petiole color: purplish green
Ramifications: well branched
Hairs: stellar, 3 to 5 branches

Tips for planting, growing and maintaining Hedera helix 'Little Diamond'

Exposure: partial shade
Hardiness: -15°C
Soil moisture: fresh soil
Soil pH: neutral or calcareous
Soil type: all
Soil richness: ordinary or humus-rich
Use: ground cover, rock garden, pots, planters, topiary art, isolated
Development: slow, modest
Size: once a year
Pests: very rare (red spiders, scale insects)
Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

A page from my little ivy encyclopedia

The question of circumstance…

What is a rhomboidal leaf?

The vocabulary used by botanists to describe plants is very rich. For leaves alone, you can come across dozens of specific terms.

The word ‘rhomboidal’ generally applies to the general shape of the leaf and means ‘diamond-shaped’. In this case, it is a leaf whose two ends form an acute angle and the center an obtuse angle.

To discover all the vocabulary describing leaves.

Ivy in literature

“Where the ivy clings, the stone seems to melt into a vegetal murmur.”

Alphonse Daudet, Tartarin on the Alps

Additional information

Weight	N/A
Stock 9cm and 1L pots	0 pot
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	51 to 100 containers
Stock big articles	0 big article
Shape	Compact, Quite branched, Spread out, Stocky, Tuft
Appearance of foliage	Red in winter, White variegated
Possible uses	Ground cover, Isolated, Pots or planters, Rockery, Topiary
Exposure	Partial shade
Hardiness	Good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Medium
Development speed	Slow
Development vigor	Modest
Classification according to the Pierot system	Miniature, Variegated
Award	No known award