Unnamed Cultivar nr.1

This unnamed cultivar is a find (March 1st, 2004). It is a mutation of Hedera helix 'Saggitaefolia'. Almost every leaf has two terminal lobes. A cultivar similar to it is H. h. 'Mariposa', but mine is much more stable. This kind of leaf shape sometimes has some interesting effects.


It occasionally grows a fasciated petiole. The more you feed it, the more fasciated petioles you get. Another drawback when feeding it to much is that young leaves get to soft and floppy. The fasciated petiole on the picture is some kind of stub. The part below the balloon-like petiole is in fact a branch. There is no sign of a bud! Afterwards the petiole develops a notch on the upper side.