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Clematis from Raymond Evison
Clematis Ice Blue™ 'Evipo003' (N)
Ice Blue™ 'Evipo003' (N) is one of the latest new clematis to be bred by Evison/Poulsen at Raymond Evison’s famous Guernsey Clematis Nursery.
This early large flowered cultivar has very large spring flowers, some 15-20cm (6-8 in) in diameter; it is exceptionally free-flowering and the plant is covered with nicely shaped rounded flowers.
It has a good repeat flowering habit. Its main flowering period is late spring-early summer and it repeats flowers late summer-early autumn. The white spring/early summer flowers are suffused with pale blue giving it a true ‘ice blue’ colour. The autumn flowers are smaller in size and sometimes slightly whiter than pale blue. The sepals are offset by creamy white anthers. It will flower at a low height from the previous season's growth and is therefore particularly suited to container culture.
Suggested planting combinations: This plant is ideal for growing in a container or through evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees. Its flowers associate marvellously with blue-flowered ceanothus, with grey or purple foliaged shrubs such as purple-foliaged smoke bush (Cotinus).
The Festoon™ Collection
These new Evison/Poulsen clematis are extremely free flowering and live up to their name of 'festooning' their host or support. Their flowering habit provides flowers on the current season’s stems from mid-summer onwards, giving cover and colour to their supports or hosts.
They come in a range of flower colour, shapes and sizes, allowing the gardener to use them with a range of wall trained or free standing shrubs and conifers. A very vertical range of clematis, which provides masses of flowers over a long period. As most of them have been bred from resistant wild clematis species, they do not succumb to clematis wilt as easily, if at all, and they are extremely winter hardy for cold climates in Europe and North America. They also flower well in the warmer climate both in Europe and America so they are most valuable garden plants with many uses.
- Resistant to clematis wilt as far as we have seen.
- Winter hardy zones 4-9 (possibly 3-9).
- Ideal for hot sunny climates and cold climates. They will flower well in hot sunny locations as they have been bred from Clematis viticella from Italy.
- Marvellous for growing through small trees, shrubs, through climbing species, botanical or shrub roses. Ideal for growing over ground cover plants, such as heather, cotoneaster, flat spreading junipers, potentillas etc.
- Simple pruning - hard prune down to about 15-30cm (6-12in) above the ground each year (end of winter/early spring) before new growth starts.
Clematis Avant-garde™ ‘Evipo033’ (N)
As the name suggests a very unusual red flower with pink petaloid stamens giving the impression of a double flower and protruding trumpet. Very free flowering.
Vigorous, mid-season clematis (group 3). H. 3m (9/10ft) S.1m (3ft). Fully hardy. Free-flowering climber with deep red flowers to 5cm (2in) across, with central pompons of pink, petaloid stamens, produced in abundance from mid-summer to autumn.
Clematis Bonanza™ ‘Evipo031’ (N)
Vigorous, mid-season clematis (group 3). H. 1.5-2m (5-6ft). Fully hardy. Free-flowering climber producing blue-purple blooms to 7cm (3in) across, with pale yellow anthers, from early to mid-summer to autumn.
Clematis Confetti™ ‘Evipo036’ (N)
Dainty, pink nodding flowers. Very free flowering. Vigorous, mid-season clematis (group 3). H. 3m (9/10ft) S. 1m (3ft). Fully hardy. Free flowering climber with nodding, pink flowers produced from mid-summer to autumn. Flower size: 3-4cm (1-1.5in).
Clematis Palette™ ‘Evipo034’ (N)
Striking flowers produced from mid-summer to early autumn with blue edged sepals fading to white with blue veins on the inner part of the flower. Black anthers. Very free flowering. H. 3m (10ft). Flower size: approximately 5cm (2in).
Clematis Galore™ ‘Evipo032’ (N)
Vigorous, mid-season, small flowered clematis (group 3). H. 3m (9-10ft) S.1m (3ft). Fully hardy. From mid-summer to autumn produces numerous, deep purple flowers to 7cm (3in) across, with contrasting yellow anthers.