Description
Ornemental ivy – Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’
In a nutshell
The ornamental ivy, Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’, has foliage with variable variegation, sometimes with large yellow or green areas.
The leaves are among the widest of the Hedera helix species.
Not very branchy, with fairly short internodes, it only grows about twenty centimetres each year.
History
This cultivar is a mutation of ‘Goldchild’, discovered by Ej van der Heyden, in the Netherlands.
Technical leaflet - Hedera helix 'Yellow Frisian'
Botanical information
- Family: Araliaceae
- Genus : Hedera
- Species: helix
- Cultivar: ‘Yellow Frisian’
- Pierot classification: variegated ivy
- Foliage stage: juvenile
- Species origin: Europe, from Spain to Norway, but little on the Atlantic coast.
- Cultivar origin: mutation of ‘Goldchild’.
Description of Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’
- Growth habit: ground cover
- Number of lobes: usually 7 lobes, sometimes with secondary lobes on the terminal lobe
- Leaf length: 5 cm
- Sheet width: 6 cm
- Leaf color: green with yellow variegation
- Color of veins: yellow-green
- Branches: sparsely branched
- Internodes: short
- Stem and petiole color: green
- Hairs: stellate, 3 to 5 branches
Planting, cultivation and care instructions for Hedera helix ‘Yellow Frisian’.
- Exposure: shade, part shade
- 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
- Development: slow
- Pruning: once a year
- Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
- Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

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