Summer Vacation

I'm on vacation now, a.k.a. no computers! However, I'll be taking a lot of pictures. I hope some of them are good enough to post.

My favourite variegated cultivars

Hedera helix 'Goldheart' is one of my favourite variegated ivies. For me, every plant should have dark green leaves and red petioles and branches. With 'Goldheart' you get yellow blotches, complementing the green and red, for free. At a shady spot it's like they illuminate!


'Yellow Ripple' is another favourite mine. I'm fascinated by the diverse leaf shape ivy displays. My ultimate goal is to propagate an ivy with the dissected leaves like Acer palmatum 'Dissectum'. 'Yellow Ripple' has beautiful Acer-like foliage. It's a pity it isn't that stable; it often shows 'Goldchild'-like leaves.


This is my all time favourite: 'Buttercup'. Although technically it isn't truly variegated, it is often listed as one. When the leaves become yellow it's like they're made of wax. It's like they're rigid and will break when touched.