Hedera helix ‘Hedge Hog’

Synonym: Hedera helix ‘Hedgehog’

Description:

According to the American Ivy Society Journal of 2014 this cultivar was discovered circa 1985 by one of their members. Gordon Kinney noted the unusual growth as a sport on the cultivar ‘Kobold’. Upright habit with variable leaves, some lobed and unlobed, folded together and held tight around the stem. Prone to fasciated growth, creating a tight ball at the end of stems.

Threat Status: Threatened In Cultivation As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/