Hedera Helix Buttercup

Hedera helix Buttercup is a spectacular small-leaved variety, but the leaves change size and form at the tops of mature stems. Best grown in full sun if you want it to live up to the name of Buttercup (The colour). It will be pale green in shade, but nonetheless attractive for it.

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Hedera helix 'Buttercup'

Hedera helix Buttercup aka Hardy Ivy. Grows in Sun to Shade. Flower Color is and blooms in. Hardiness zone 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b.
Hedera helix (Buttercup English Ivy) Vigorous, evergreen, self-clinging or trailing vine with 3- to 5-lobed, glossy leaves. Very hardy and trouble-free, though it should never be allowed to grow up the trunks of trees. Use as a groundcover or for climbing walls.
Hedera helix cultivars are primarily evergreen, climbing, woody vines, which may become shrub-like or tree-like at maturity (Table 12, page 17.) The juvenile form has palmately-lobed leaves on flexible aerial root-bearing. ‘Buttercup,’ need higher light to keep the bright.

English Ivy

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Hedera helix 'Buttercup' - A beautiful bright waxy yellow-leafed English Ivy. We collected cuttings with permission from a now retired professor of agriculture at the UCONN agronomy station. The ivy climbed the side of a brick building. It immediately sent me into a sublime state of nostalgia, the feeling that I had been transported to an Old World English cottage in the countryside. I fell in love. So will you. Part to nearly full sun in fertile soil to sandy loam. It will tolerate some clay in the mix. Moisture retentive conditions are best. Add some fairytale to your life... Height will depend upon the structure to which it attaches. The last we heard is that research indicates that English Ivy does not erode concrete, brick or stone; rather, it's an old wives' tale... possibly an old world wives' tale? Can be used to ground cover as well. Established plant, cutting grown.