EXTRAORDINARY IVY COLLECTION

By
Suzanne Pierot, President of The American Ivy Society

Reprinted from: Summer 2010 Vol. 22 No. 1
Not for reprint without written permission for The American Ivy Society.

Great news. The American Ivy Society now has an impressive outdoor collection in the Northeast. Even better, the collection has both juvenile and adult ivies — all correctly named and growing happily on the ground as well as climbing up the trees.

This is a first. We have had outdoor test gardens at many places such as the American Horticultural Society headquarters, and at Longwood Gardens. But never have we had a mature collection, one where researchers, academics and ivy enthusiasts could see ivy growing in its natural state – without help from fertilizer, cultivation or even much water. Read the full story, click here.

Here is a partical list. Click on highlighted names for photos. More will be added.

Hedera colchica ‘Sulphur Heart’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Tomboy’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Ritterkreuz’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Galaxy’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Star’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera hibernica ‘Betty Allen’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Ivalace’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Duck Foot’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘California Fan’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Tanya’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Rochester’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Dragon Claw’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Gold Heart’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Teardrop’ Juvenile and going adult
Hedera hibernica ‘Ebony’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Shamrock’ Juvenile and going adult
Hedera helix ‘Sunrise’ Juvenile and adult soon
Hedera helix ‘Cyrano de Bergerac Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Caecilia’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Maple Leaf’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera nepalensis ‘Marbled Dragon’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Cockle Shell’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Fantasia’ Juvenile and adult soon
Hedera helix ‘Buttercup’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Paper Doll’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Anne Marie’ Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Medusa’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Garland’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Green Ripple’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Green Finger’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Walthamensis’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Gertrud Stauss’ Juvenile and adult soon
Hedera helix ‘Eva’ Adult
Hedera helix ‘Glacier’ Juvenile
Hedera helix ‘Gold Child’ Juvenile
Hedera helix 'Chester' Juvenile and adult
Hedera helix ‘Needlepoint’ group Juvenile and adult soon
Hedera helix 'Green Ripple' Juvenile and adult
... and more.