2003 | Volume 29 - American Ivy Society

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These reversions should be removed, as they are different from ‘Mini-Ester’.
‘Itsy Bitsy’ (M, BF) (AIS 94-030) Registration number 0394030: Fig 5
'Itsy Bitsy' (Pierot 1974b) is a Miniature Bird's Foot (M, BF) ivy, which was introduced
by Merry Gardens, Camden, Maine (Shippy 1985a), as a sport of
‘Needlepoint’ (date of introduction is not given). Heieck (1980a,1987a) felt it
was a miniature selection of ‘Pin Oak’.
The leaves are small, mostly less than one inch in length, three bluntly pointed
lobes, with the terminal lobe twice as long as the laterals. Occasionally there will
be two basal lobes. The vines are very self-branching and short jointed. The
color is medium green, with lighter veins. Makes a very full pot or basket.
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Oldies but goodies III figure 5 Isty Bitsy (AIS 94-030, Registration Number 0394030)
is a miniature Bird’s Foot ivy with three bluntly pointed lobes. Very self branching and
short jointed.
Life-size photo of greenhouse stock Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
By Russell A. Windle, June 2003.
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‘Minty’ (Synonym [In this case, and an improper name for the same
cultivar]: Mint Kolibri) (V, I) (AIS 94-097) Registration 0394097: Fig. 6
'Minty' (Rose 1996c) (Key 1999b) is a Variegated, Ivy-Ivy (V, I), introduced by
Frode Maegaard, of the Danish Maegaard Hedera Nursery in Ringe, in 1986
under the name 'Mint Kolibri'. 'Kolibri' is a name wrongly applied in the trade
to 'Schaefer Three'. 'Minty' appears to be similar to 'Schaefer Three', but with
added areas and patches of lime-green coloration. In addition, because the adding
of words to an existing cultivar name is not recommended, Peter Rose suggested
shortening the name to ‘Minty’ (Whitehouse 1994).
Leaves are medium-sized, about as long as wide, with three to barely five lobes,
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