Hedera colchica Dentata Aurea - Variegata - Variegated IVY.

January 25th - Variegated Ivy in Kent Garden UK.

Hedera colchica dentata Aurea, is one of the more flamboyant Ivies. large leaves with splashes of creamy yellow variegation, make this one of the most popular of the oft-maligned Ivy group. Certainly not a weed, this Ivy has many garden uses. Sometimes known as Hedera colchica Denata Variegata.

The flowers are a little insignificant - though loved by honey bees. the foliage is bright throughout the year - rarely suffering any winter damage - though sometimes can be scorched in constant hot sun.

It is self-clinging to more or less any support, and is superb trained up a tree, trellis or along a garden wall.

Propagation is relatively easy - either with soft wood tip cuttings, or by layering a few shoots along the ground. Don't be fooled into taking a shoot off that has the aerial roots. It will rarely grow from these.

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