Scientific Name: Hedera colchica 'Sulfur Heart'
Common Name: variegated Persian ivy
Family Name: Araliaceae
Origin: Europe, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x > 25m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Climbing, Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Arbors or trellis, Filler, Ground cover, Screening, Winter interest
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: White, Green-yellow, Sep-Oct
Fruit: Drupe, Orange, Yellow, Black, Apr-May
Key ID Features:
Leaves cordate, variegated, mid-green with gold-chartreuse centres, white main veins.