Hedera helix 'GREEN RIPPLE'
Hedera helix 'GREEN RIPPLE'
English ivy
SIZE/TYPE |
vine |
USUAL HEIGHT |
3-5m |
USUAL WIDTH |
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LEAVES |
evergreen broadleaf |
COLOUR OF LEAVES |
green |
FLOWERS |
insignificant or non-blooming |
LOCATION |
full sun to shade |
SOIL TYPE |
neutral to alkaline |
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS |
evenly moist (dislikes drought) |
USDA zone (lowest) |
5 (down to -29°C) |
WINTER PROTECTION |
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FOR ZONE 5+6 |
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FOR ZONE 7 |
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BELONGS TO CATEGORIES |
Evergreen broadleaf
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Green Ripple is an attractive variety of self-clinging English ivy. It has mid-sized, deep green leaves with 3 or 5 lobes and rippled margins. Another conspicuous feature are creamy veins inside the leaves. Branches produce aerial roots that cling to any surface (support).
Young plants grow slower than adults. This evergreen climber can be used against a wall, or as a ground-cover, or can be planted at a short wall with new shoots let hung over its top. Ivies prefer alkaline, moist, semi-fertile soil that is well drained. Fully hardy to -29°C (USDA zone 5).
Last update 28-03-2013.
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
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