'Empress' Clematis

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'Empress' Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Evipo011
• Regal ® Empress

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

Origin:

Discovered by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 2001). Discovered by Raymond J. Evison (United Kingdom, 2001).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2004 as 'Empress'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Guernsey Clematis Nursery in 2004.

Class:

Early Large Flowered, Group 2.

Bloom:

Light pink, deep pink stripes. Average diameter 6". Large, semi-double bloom form. Late spring to early summer, late summer to early autumn.

Habit:

Height: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 16,072 on 25 Oct 2005 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/927,711 on 27 Aug 2004

Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK), Evison; Raymond J. (St. Sampsons, GB)
Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S (Fredensborg, DK)
titutes a new and distinct variety of Clematis which originated from a naturally occurring mutation of unknown causation on a branch of Clematis `Evijohill` ....
`Evipo011` was discovered by Raymond J. Evison and Mogens N. Olesen in their Clematis development program in Domarie Vineries Les Sauvagees, St. Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom in May 2001.

Parentage:

sport of Josephine

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