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Before planting began, some of the areas along the fence line needed clearing<br />
first. The existing H. helix ‘Pittsburgh’ from an earlier time period, was running<br />
rampant and I knew that these new fancy ivies could never compete with it. It<br />
took two years to get the ‘Pittsburgh’ under control before we could plant and<br />
we needed to install a drip irrigation system with filters to water the new ivies.<br />
Some of the dwarf variegated ivies like ‘Cecilia’ and ‘Calico’ were potted up for<br />
table decorations and others are placed in the garden house with pots of<br />
tulips.<br />
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Some of the most unusual of the ivies were seedlings and sports selected by<br />
Cliff Coon himself. These plants are being maintained in my personal garden<br />
awaiting the time when they can be photographed and properly registered.<br />
One is a perky little green fan leaf ivy now planted at the base of our brick bread<br />
oven. I named that one, Sierra, after Cliff ’s granddog, a wonderful little (rat<br />
terrier mix) who came to live here among the ivies.<br />
Curating a collection that is constantly changing is not easy and one of my biggest<br />
fears was that we would loose the identifications of the cultivars. Cliff made<br />
sure that didn’t happen by carefully labeling each plant himself including the AIS<br />
numbers for each plant. He also supplied us with a master list to verify his<br />
sources. Now we have the collection mapped, in FileMaker Pro and in the Filoli<br />
Woody Plant Guide. Two wonderful Filoli garden volunteers, besides myself,<br />
have adopted Cliff ’s ivies. Both scientists like Cliff, they come on Saturdays to<br />
prune out the sports and whack back the weeds. They start at one end of the<br />
collection and when they get to the end, start over again.<br />
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Hedera helix 'Angularis Aurea' trained<br />
on the wall of the Lane Courtyard at<br />
the Visitor and Education Center. One<br />
of the best wall ivies.<br />
Adult form of Hedera algeriensis 'Gloire de<br />
Marengo' with its beautiful white and pink<br />
variegated foliage and showy raspberry<br />
red fruits.<br />
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