'Ice Blue' Clematis

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'Ice Blue' clematis Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Evipo003

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1995). Bred by Raymond J. Evison (United Kingdom, 1995).

Class:

Group 2, Viticella Group.

Bloom:

Light blue to white, cream anthers. 6 petals. Average diameter 7". Very large, single bloom form. Late spring to early summer, late summer to early autumn.

Habit:

Height: 6'7" to 8'2" (200 to 250cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6a and warmer.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 3599 on 3 Sep 2009
Application No: 06-5255 on 28 Feb 2006

Rights surrendered on August 19, 2016.
Denomination: 'Evipo003'
Trade name: Ice Blue
Botanical Name: Clematis viticella
Breeder: Mogens N. Olesen, Poulsen Roser A/S, Fredensborg, Denmark; Raymond J. Evison, Raymond J. Evison, Ltd., Channel Islands, United Kingdom
'Evipo003' originated from a controlled crossing between two unnamed seedlings in Guernsey, UK, during the spring of 1995.

United States - Patent No: PP 16,092 on 1 Nov 2005 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/884,346 on 1 Jul 2004

Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK), Evison; Raymond J. (Guernsey, GB)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of Clematis which originated from a controlled crossing between the female parent `Evitwo` described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,167 dated Dec. 30, 1997, and the male parent, an unnamed, unpatented plant of Clematis chrysocoma a non-patented clematis.... `Evipo003` was selected 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 April 1998.

Parentage:

Evitwo × Chrysocoma

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