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'Evipo037' clematis Description
'Kingfisher' clematis photo
Photo courtesy of Sue Taylor
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
13 favorite votes.  
Origin:
Discovered by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1997). Discovered by Raymond J. Evison (United Kingdom, 1997).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2007 as 'Kingfisher'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Guernsey Clematis Nursery in 2007.
Class:
Early Large Flowered, Group 2.  
Bloom:
Deep blue, yellow 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: 4394  on  30 Aug 2012
Application No: 08-6266  on  2 Apr 2008
Rights surrendered on August 19, 2016.
Denomination: 'Evipo037'
Trade name: Kingfisher
Breeder: Mogens N. Olesen, Poulsen Roser A/S, Fredensborg, Denmark; Raymond J. Evison, Raymond J. Evison, Ltd., Channel Islands, United Kingdom
'Evipo037' originated from a cross made in the spring of 1999 in Guernsey, England.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 18,104  on  2 Oct 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/418,418  on  3 May 2006
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of Clematis plant which originated from a chance pollination of the female seed parent, an un-named seedling and an unknown male pollen parent. The change pollination occurred during the summer of 1997
Notes:
Chance seedling. Different breeding years in the US and Canadian patents.