Hedera rhombea - Japanese ivy

Hedera rhombea – Japanese ivy

Fine and delicate matt leaves, with soft green or silvery veins.

Leaves of rhombic shape, that is to say a diamond shape, hence its botanical name. Thin stems, purple-green in color, like the petioles.

Vigorous creeping or climbing ivy.

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Category Ivy

Japanese ivy, Hedera rhombea, has thin, delicate matte leaves with soft green or silvery veins.

The leaves are rhombic, that is, diamond-shaped, hence its botanical name. The stems are thin, purple-green in color, like the petioles.

It is a vigorous creeping or climbing ivy.

Growth habit: spreading, sparse
Number of lobes: 3, sometimes 5
Leaf length: 5 to 8 cm
Leaf width: 4 to 7 cm
Leaf color: fairly dark green, dull
Color of veins: silver or light green
Juvenile leaf shape: rhombic
Adult leaf shape: oval
Leaf base: clearly cordate, sometimes hastate
Petiole length: 3 to 8 cm
Stem and petiole color: green to pink
Internodes : 2 to 3 cm
Hairs: scale-like, 0.1 to 0.3 mm in diameter, blushing in the center, fairly uniform.

“The old wall is covered with ivy, as if the centuries were intertwined within it.”

Weight	N/A
Stock 9cm and 1L pots	6 to 10 pots
Stock containers of 2 or 4L	6 to 10 containers
Stock big articles	1 to 2 big articles
Shape	Spread out
Appearance of foliage	Green
Possible uses	Climbing, Ground cover
Exposure	Partial shade, Shade, Sun
Hardiness	Fairly good hardiness
Ease of cultivation	Easy
Development speed	Medium
Development vigor	Vigorous
Classification according to the Pierot system	Ivy ivy
Award	No known award