Hedera helix 'Moonbeam' - Ornemental Ivy

Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’ – Ornemental Ivy

Variety that illuminates, during the spring awakening, the part of the garden where it is installed.

Leaves composed of 3 to 5 lobes, spotted with cream, white and light green over the entire surface, then becoming completely green with light green veins.

Ivy with sparse foliage, with little branched stems, but which makes a good slender climber.

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Description

Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’

In a nutshell

The ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Moonbeam’, is a variety that lights up the part of the garden where it is planted when spring awakens.

The leaves are composed of 3 to 5 lobes, spotted with cream, white and light green over the entire surface. The oldest leaves become completely green with light green veins.

It is an ivy with sparse foliage, with stems that are not very branched, but which makes a good slender climber.

History

This cultivar, of unknown origin, appeared in the collections of the American Ivy Society in the late 1970s.

Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Moonbeam'

Botanical information

Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Hedera
Species: helix
Cultivar: ‘Moonbeam’
Pierot classification: variegated ivy, ivy type
Foliage stage: juvenile
Origin of the species: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
Origin of the cultivar: unknown, present in the collections of the American Ivy Society in the late 1970s.

Description of Hedera helix 'Moonbeam'

Shape: spreading, scattered
Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
Leaf length: 4 cm
Leaf width: 4 cm
Leaf color: dark green speckled with cream, white and light green
Vein color: yellow-green
Stem and petiole color: greenish purple
Hairs: stellar, 3 to 5 branches

Tips for planting, growing and maintaining Hedera helix 'Moonbeam'

Exposure: sun, partial shade
Hardiness: -19°C
Soil moisture: fresh soil
Soil pH: neutral or calcareous
Soil type: all
Soil richness: ordinary or humus-rich
Use: climbing, hanging baskets, pots, planters
Development : fast
Size: once a year
Pests: very rare (red spiders, scale insects)
Diseases: very rare (spots on the leaves)

Ivy in literature

“The ivy climbed silently, unhurriedly, enveloping the stone in its slow, tenacious embrace.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables

Additional information

Weight	N/A
Stock 9cm and 1L pots	11 to 20 pots
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	21 to 50 containers
Stock big articles	0 big article
Shape	Little branched, Scattered, Spread out
Appearance of foliage	Green, Yellow
Possible uses	Ground cover, Hanging plant, Pots or planters
Exposure	Partial shade, Sun
Hardiness	Good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Easy
Development speed	Fast
Development vigor	Medium
Classification according to the Pierot system	Ivy ivy, Variegated
Award	No known award