Name: Hedera helix 'Rheingold' - Ornemental Ivy - The Ivy Site
SKU: P07-a-1272

Hedera helix ‘Rheingold’ – Ornemental Ivy

Leaves slightly wavy with a very varied variegation.

Leaf blade ranging from dark green and gray with light yellow margins to lighter green with streaks and cream freckles or sometimes entirely green.

Ivy with modest growth, but which has a lot of charm, very bright in a pot.

Category Ivy

Description

Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Rheingold’

In a nutshell

The ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Rheingold’, has slightly wavy leaves with a very varied variegation.

The leaf blade ranges from dark green and gray with light yellow margins to lighter green with streaks and cream freckles or sometimes entirely green.

It is an ivy with modest development, but which has a lot of charm, very bright in a pot.

History

This cultivar was discovered in 1980 by Brother Ingobert Heieck, in the flowerbeds of the monastery of Neuburg, Germany.

Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Rheingold'

Botanical information

Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Hedera
Species: helix
Cultivar: ‘Rheingold’
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: discovered in 1980 by Brother Ingobert Heieck of the Neuburg monastery, Germany

Description of Hedera helix 'Rheingold'

Shape: spreading
Number of lobes: 3 to 5 lobes in general
Leaf length: 4 to 7 cm
Leaf width: 4 to 5 cm
Leaf color: very varied variegation, edged with cream
Vein color: cream
Stem and petiole color: pinkish green
Hairs: stellar, 3 to 5 branches

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

Exposure: shade, 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, climbing, pots, planters
Development: moderate, slow
Pruning: once a year
Pests: very rare (red spiders, scale insects)
Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

Ivy in literature

“The ivy grew in silence, unaware of the fall of the civilizations that had preceded it.”

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Additional information

Stock 9cm and 1L pots	0 pot
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	0 cantainer
Stock big articles	0 big article
Shape	Compact, Spread out
Appearance of foliage	Yellow variegated
Possible uses	Climbing, Ground cover, Pots or planters
Exposure	Partial shade, Shade
Hardiness	Good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Difficult
Development speed	Slow
Development vigor	Modest
Classification according to the Pierot system	Ivy ivy, Variegated
Award	No known award