Hedera helix 'Nugget' - Ornemental Ivy

Hedera helix ‘Nugget’ – Ornemental Ivy

Climbing ivy with few branches, with small, thin leaves with 3 lobes, bearing a light yellow spot in the center of the blade.

Not very thick, uniform foliage cover. Suitable for decorating small areas as well as larger ones. Grows quite slowly.

Bright spot in sunny position.

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Description

Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Nugget’

In a nutshell

Ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Nugget’, is a climbing ivy with few branches, with small, thin leaves with 3 lobes, bearing a light yellow spot in the center of the blade.

The foliage cover is not very thick, uniform. This ivy is suitable for decorating small areas as well as larger ones. It grows quite slowly

Choose its location carefully, the spot is bright in a sunny location.

History

This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Teneriffe‘, discovered in 1999 by Cliff Coon of Coon Hollow Nursery, Ivies, California, USA.

Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Nugget'

Botanical information

Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Hedera
Species: helix
Cultivar: ‘Nugget’
Pierot classification: typical 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: ‘Teneriffe’ sport, discovered by Cliff Coon, from the Coon Hollow Ivies nursery, California, United States, in 1999

Description of Hedera helix 'Nugget'

Shape: stocky
Number of lobes: 3 lobes in general
Leaf length: 3 cm
Leaf width: 3 cm
Leaf color: dark green with a bright spot around the main veins
Leaf base: heart-shaped
Leaf apex: pointed
Vein color: yellow-green
Stem and petiole color: pinkish green
Stem: little branched
Mat thickness: not very thick
Internodes: 1 cm
Petiole length: 1 to 2 cm
Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches

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

Exposure: shade, partial shade, sun
Hardyness: -15°C
Soil moisture: fresh soil
Soil pH: neutral or calcareous
Soil type: all
Soil richness: ordinary or humus-rich
Use: climbing
Development: slow
Pruning: once a year
Pests: very rare (red spiders, scale insects)
Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

Comparative 'Nugget and 'Peter'

Similarities:

background colour of the leaf: green
thin blade
trilobed leaf
veins faintly marked
central yellow-green macula around the veins
self-branched

Differences:

small basal lobes in ‘Peter’, none in ‘Nugget’
all lobes are equal in ‘Nugget’, terminal lobe clearly longer than the lateral ones in ‘Peter’
arched veins in ‘Nugget’, straight veins in ‘Peter’

Ivy in literature

“The ivy was there, invading everything, recalling the persistence of nature in the face of the fall of civilizations.”

Rudyard Kipling, Kim

Additional information

Weight	N/A
Stock 9cm and 1L pots	11 to 20 pots
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	11 to 20 containers
Stock big articles	0 big article
Shape	Stocky
Appearance of foliage	Yellow variegated
Possible uses	Climbing
Exposure	Partial shade, Sun
Hardiness	Good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Easy
Development speed	Slow
Development vigor	Modest
Classification according to the Pierot system	Ivy ivy, Variegated
Award	No known award