Hedera helix ‘Ursula’ – Ornemental Ivy
Hedera helix ‘Ursula’ – Ornemental Ivy
Vigorous, branching ivy. Stems bear large leaves with 3 elongated lobes, the side lobes sometimes overlapping the middle lobe.
Grey-green to dark green leaves in the center, with yellow-green to light-green irregular margins. Greater contrast in sunny conditions.
Brighter in cool, deep soil, a good climber with a fairly thick mattress.
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Description
Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Ursula’
In a nutshell
English ivy, Hedera helix ‘Ursula’, is a vigorous, branchy ivy. The stems bear large leaves with 3 elongated lobes. The lateral lobes sometimes overlap the median lobe.
The leaf is gray-green to dark green in the center, and yellow-green to light-green at the margins, in an irregular pattern. The contrast is more pronounced in sunny conditions.
Brighter in cool, deep soil, it is a good climber with a fairly thick mattress.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of Shamrock, discovered in 1985 by Ursula Key-Davis, Fibrex Nurseries Ltd, UK, and originally named ‘Golden Shamrock’. An identical mutation was selected by Rose in 1996 and given the name ‘Ursula’.
Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Ursula'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genus : Hedera
- Species: helix
- Cultivar: ‘Ursula’
- Synonyms: ‘Golden Shamrock
- Pierot classification: bird’s-foot ivy, variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Origin of cultivar: ‘Shamrock’ sport
Description of Hedera helix ‘Ursula’
- Growth habit: stocky, spreading
- Number of lobes: usually 3 lobes
- Leaf length: 8 cm
- Sheet width: 5 cm
- Leaf color: gray-green to dark green in the center, yellow-green to light green on the margins
- Color of veins: yellow-green
- Stem: well-branched
- Stem and petiole color: purple green
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Advice on planting, cultivation and care of Hedera helix ‘Ursula’.
- Exposure: sun
- Hardiness: -15°C
- Soil moisture: cool soil
- Soil PH: neutral or calcareous
- Soil type: all
- Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
- Use: ground cover, climber, hanging baskets, pots, window boxes
- Development: vigorous, rapid
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)
Ivy in literature
“Love in old men has strange roots,
And finds, like ivy in the cracks of ruins,
In these hearts ravaged by time and evils,
A hundred breaches where to push its tenacious branches.”
Emile Augier
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 | Quite branched, Spread out, Stocky |
| Appearance of foliage | Yellow variegated |
| Possible uses | Climbing, Ground cover, Hanging plant, Pots or planters |
| Exposure | Sun |
| Hardiness | Good hardiness |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy |
| Development speed | Fast |
| Development vigor | Vigorous |
| Classification according to the Pierot system | Bird's foot, From 'Pittsburgh', Variegated |
| Award | No known award |
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