A shrubby ivy cultivar of erect, wiry shoots. Ideal for small gardens. Green-yellow unassuming flowers open in autumn, attracting swarms of bees and butterflies.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Leaves decorative, evergreen, romboid or heart-shaped, sometimes of slightly pronounced lobes. Flowers unassuming, ball-shaped, greenish-yellow with yellow anthers, gathered in umbels, honey-yielding. Opening in September-November. Berries black-purple and toxic to humans, ripen in the following spring.

HOW IT GROWS: A shrub of erect shoots; adult stage plant of common ivy that will not climb or crawl. Slow growing, reaches 0.5-1 m height.

WHERE TO PLANT: Prefers northern, semi-shaded sites but grows also in locations exposed to sunlight for a couple of hours a day. Requires protection from cold wind. Thrives in humus or moist but not waterlogged soils, acidic as well as slightly alkaline. The cultivar is not fully hardy (Zone 6˗8). Susceptible to freezing during harsh winters.

HOW TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN: Before planting immerse the plant container in water for 10 min. Place the plant in a 40 x 40 x 40 cm hole covered at the bottom with a 10 cm of well-rotten manure or compost, 0.5-1 cm deeper than it was before. Fill in the hole with fertile soil. Cover the ground around the new plants with bark mulch. Water in vegetative season. Does not require regular pruning but can be cut back to keep the shape. This can be done during the whole vegetative season but hard pruning is better left until spring.

HOW TO APPLY: Particularly recommended for small gardens as a low shrub.