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'C. 'Evifour'' clematis Description
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'Royal Velvet' clematis photo
Photo courtesy of Calif Sue
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
Origin:
Discovered by Raymond J. Evison (United Kingdom, 1993).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Guernsey Clematis Nursery in 1993 as 'Royal Velvet'.
Class:
Early Large Flowered, Group 2.  
Bloom:
Violet.  6 to 8 petals.  Average diameter 6".  Single bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, early autumn.  
Habit:

Height: up to 6½' (up to 200cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 8b.  Plant in sun or partial shade.  Suitable for growing in a container.  This plant blooms twice.  It blooms on the previous year's growth, so resist the urge to prune it in early spring.  However, if you garden in a place with cold winters, Mother Nature will more than likely prune the plant for you.  It will bloom a second time on new growth.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 1336  on  6 Jan 2003
Application No: 95-684  on  22 Dec 1995
Rights surrendered on April 18, 2013.
Breeder: Raymond J. Evison, Raymond J. Evison, Ltd., Channel Islands, United Kingdom
'Evifour' originated from a polycross made at Guernsey Clematis Nursery, Guernsey, U.K
 
United Kingdom - Patent No: xxx
Plant Breeder's Rights
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,299  on  26 Sep 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/331,039  on  28 Oct 1994
It was discovered as a seedling in a controlled planting of cultivated plants in St. Sampsons Parish, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain, and its parents are not known.
Ploidy:
Diploid
Parentage:
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