Evipo016

Clematis

Variety Description

Variety used for comparison: 'Evipo002' (Rosemoor)

Summary: The flowers of 'Evipo016' are larger than those of 'Evipo002'. The sepals of 'Evipo016' are longer than those of 'Evipo002'. The sepals of 'Evipo016' are moderately reflexed in logitudinal section while those of 'Evipo002' are flat. 'Evipo016' differs from 'Evipo002' in the colour of the upper and lower sides of the sepals. The filaments of 'Evipo016' are white while those of 'Evipo002' are light to medium violet. The anthers of 'Evipo016' are brown purple while those of 'Evipo002' are yellow green.

Description:

PLANT: climbing type, vigour ranging from weak to medium
YOUNG SHOOT: dense pubescence present

LEAF: simple and ternate type
LEAF BLADE: ovate, acute apex, rounded base, entire margin, no lobing, light green on upper side, weak rugosity on upper side

FLOWER: solitary arrangement, upwards attitude, single type, rotate, flat cross section in lateral view, flowering on both previous years and current years growth, weak fragrance
SEPAL: only six per flower, free to touching arrangement, elliptic and obovate, flat to convex in cross section, moderately reflexed in longitudinal section, cuspidate apex, type two base, one colour on upper side, dark purple red (RHS 59A) one upper side, colour on upper side gets lighter towards middle, purple (RHS 64A) with white (RHS 157D) central bar on lower side, absent or very weak undulation of margin, no twisting along longitudinal axis
PETALOID STAMINODE: none
ANTHER: brown purple
FILAMENT: white
STIGMA: white
STYLE: white/cream

Origin & Breeding History: 'Evipo016' originated from a controlled crossing between the seed parent 'Bees Jubilee' and the pollen parent an unnamed seedling in Guernsey, England during the spring of 1999. The resulting seeds were germinated in January of 2000 and the seedlings were evaluated under controlled conditions during the following summer. After the initial evaluation of the seedlings, the new variety was assigned a breeding code and it was reproduced asexually by vegetative cuttings. 'Evipo016' was developed with the objective of creating a new and distinct variety with red flowers, compact vigorous growth habit, free flowering on new growth and good branching.

Tests & Trials: Trials for 'Evipo016' were field planted and conducted in a polyhouse during the spring of 2010 in St. Thomas, Ontario. The trial included a total of 8 plants each of the candidate and reference varieties. All plants were grown from barerooted plants grown in 3.8 litre containers and transplanted into the field on August 5, 2009. Observations and measurements were taken from 10 plant parts of the candidate variety 'Evipo016' on June 7, 2010 and the reference variety 'Rosemoor' on June 21, 2010. All colour determinations were made using the 2007 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Colour Chart.

Comparison tables for 'Evipo016' with reference variety 'Evipo002'

Flower diameter (cm)

Sepal length (cm)

Colour of sepal (RHS)

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Clematis: 'Evipo016' (left) with reference variety 'Evipo002' (Rosemoor) (right)