Japanese name: カナリーキヅタ Scientific name:Hedera canariensis
[Overview]
An evergreen climbing woody plant.
It produces many aerial roots from the trunk and climbs trees, cliffs, walls and the like, reaching as high as 20 m.
The leaves are alternate, ovate, 15–20 cm long and 10–15 cm wide; those on the lower part are usually 3–5-lobed, thick, and glossy on the upper surface.
The leaf margins are entire.
The leaves have long petioles.
Racemes or panicles bear many small, pale green, 5-petaled flowers.
The fruit is a spherical drupe that ripens black.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
Cut stems with 2–3 nodes in March–April or September–October, and they root easily when placed in soil or water.
It can also be grown from seed, but the germination rate is poor, germination takes 2 years, and further growth takes many years.
It prefers partial shade and slightly moist, well-drained, water-retentive, airy soil.
Watering is unnecessary unless sunny weather continues and the soil dries out.
Basal fertilizer alone is sufficient.
Pests and diseases include sooty mold, anthracnose, aphids and scale insects.
