Name: Hedera nepalensis - Nepalese Ivy - The Ivy Site
SKU: AB02

Hedera nepalensis – Nepalese Ivy

Young leaves are purple, turning green at maturity. Rather triangular leaf, sometimes webbed. May form 3 to 5 lobes.

Ivy found in southwest Asia and the Himalayas. It is also known as “Himalayan ivy”.

Excellent ground cover, but can also be used as a climber. Particularly hardy ivy.

Category Ivy

Description

Nepalese ivy – Hedera nepalensis

In a nutshell

Nepalese ivy, Hedera nepalensis, produces young purple leaves that then evolve towards green at maturity. The leaf is rather triangular, sometimes palmate. It can form 3 to 5 lobes.

Ivy is found in southwest Asia and the Himalayas. It is also known as “Himalayan ivy”.

An excellent ground cover, it can also be used as a climber. This ivy is particularly hardy.

Technical leaflet - Hedera nepalensis

Botanical information

Family: Araliaceae
Genus : Hedera
Species: nepalensis
Pierot classification: ivy type
Foliage stage: juvenile
Species origin: Southwest Asia: Pakistan, China, Himalayas, Vietnam

Description of Hedera nepalensis

Growth habit: spreading, stocky
Number of lobes: 3 to 6, barely visible due to lack of development
Leaf length: 6 to 10 cm
Sheet width: 3.5 to 4.5 cm
Juvenile leaf shape: lanceolate to triangular
Adult leaf shape: elliptical, no lobes
Leaf base: sagittate or truncated
Leaf apex: pointed
Leaf color: light green
Petiole length: 6 to 15 cm
Color of petioles: light green to purple green
Color of veins: light green, parallel to the main vein
Stem color: reddish-brown
Internodes: 2 to 4 cm apart
Hairs: scaly, 0.2 to 0.4 mm in diameter, small and regular
Flowering color: yellowish green
Flowering period: August to December
Fructification: orange berries
Fruiting period: ripe in March

Tips for planting, growing and caring for Hedera nepalensis

Exposure: shade, part shade
Rusticité : -13°C
Soil moisture: cool
Soil PH: neutral, calcareous, acidic
Soil type: all
Soil richness: ordinary or humus-bearing
Use: ground cover, climber
Development: vigorous
Growth rate: rapid
Pests: very rare (red spider mites, scale insects)
Diseases: very rare (leaf spots)

Ivy in literature

“Under the ivy, the stones told stories that only the trees could hear.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

Additional information

Stock 9cm and 1L pots	0 pot
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	0 cantainer
Stock big articles	0 big article
Shape	Spread out, Stocky
Appearance of foliage	Green
Possible uses	Climbing, Ground cover
Exposure	Partial shade, Shade
Hardiness	Fairly good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Medium
Development speed	Medium
Development vigor	Vigorous
Classification according to the Pierot system	Ivy ivy
Award	No known award