Re: golden ivies

Nancy,

Not Clyde, but have to admit I was a tad surprised by his post as I only
know of one ivy in its immature form that doesn't really climb on brick or
anything else it can get its holdfasts on.  That one is Hedera helix
conglomerata erecta; rather a neat form with small dark leaves that grow
herringbone fashion on the more or less upright stems - very slow growing.
It may very well climb if given the opportunity, but mine has not at this
point.  The mature forms of Hedera helix are shrub-like and hard to find,
since they are created by taking cuttings of mature stems.  I have one such
cutting that isn't doing much, but at least has not died yet, like the
others....we shall see what it turns out to do.

IMO, the small leaf forms are much neater than regular old Hedera helix and
many of these are not as aggressive, growing much slower and are much
smaller all around.  One has tiny duck-foot shaped leaves hardly bigger
than a dime....pretty cute:-) There are forms with curly leaves (variegated
and unvariegated), forms with small bird-foot leaves, again variegated and
not, and variegations that run the gamut from bright yellows and greens to
chartreuse and limes to whites and greens.  The variations seem endless.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@INTERPORT.NET>
> Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 1:58 PM
>
> Clyde: Thanks for the lead on ivies. I didn't know that the better forms
do
> not grow on brick. What are the characteristics of the better forms? I
spend
> so much time yanking out ivy that it's a real sea change for me to even
> imagine thinking of some kind of ivy as desirable.
> Nancy
>
> >In a message dated 9/8/1999 8:44:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
> >stedman@INTERPORT.NET writes:
> >
> ><< Are there golden ivies that will keep their color in fairly deep
shade? I
> > need something to brighten up a bleak brick wall. >>
> > There are literally hundreds.
> >Call Pete Ruh at 729-9838 in Chesterland Ohio. I do not have the present
Area
> >Code. It used to be 216 but it has changed.
> >
> >Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN
> >P.S. I grow a bunch in shade. But as you know, the better forms of H.h.
do
> >NOT climb on brick. Rather on trellises if that.
> >
> >CC
> >
> >
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