<i>Clematis </i>plant named ‘Evipo103’

Abstract

A new Clematis plant with a compact growth habit, profuse, red purple flowers, and continuous summer flowering. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for cultivation in commercial nursery culture. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation from vegetative cuttings.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Clematis plant named ‘Evipo103’, substantially as described and illustrated, due to its abundant red purple flowers with good keepability, attractive long lasting foliage and compact growth, year round flowering under glasshouse conditions, suitability for production from softwood cuttings in pots, durable flowers and foliage which make the variety suitable for distribution in the floral industry.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(1) The accompanying color illustrations show as true as is reasonably possible to obtain in color photographs of this type the typical characteristics of the buds, flowers, leaves, and stems, of ‘Evipo103’.

(2) Specifically illustrated in FIG. 1 of the drawings are open flowers viewed from above and underneath, and tepals detached revealing reproductive flower parts.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a flowering branch, bare stem, and leaves detached.

(4) Illustrated plants are 2 years of age.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

(5) The following is a detailed description of ‘Evipo103’, as observed in its growth outdoors throughout the flowering period in Odense Denmark. Observed plants were cultivated for a period of 24 months in 2 liter containers. Certain phenotypical characteristics of the variety may vary under different environmental, cultural, agronomic, seasonal, and climatic conditions. Color references are made using The Royal Horticultural Society (London, England) Colour Chart, 2001, except where common terms of color are used.

(6) For a comparison, several physical characteristics of the Clematis variety ‘Evipo070’ described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,254 are compared to ‘Evipo103’ in Chart 1.

(7) TABLE-US-00001 CHART 1 ‘Evipo103’ ‘Evipo070’ Flower diameter 110 mm 130 mm Tepal upper Red-Purple Group Red-Purple Group 61A surface upon 60B with intonations opening of Red-Purple Group 61C Tepal count 8 6 Flower and flower bud: Blooming habit.—Continuous. The natural flowering period is generally from April to September. Flower bud.—Size: Normally 30 mm in length. Bud diameter is 11 mm. Bud form: Long campanulate, broad based. Bud color: Yellow-Green Group 144B. Texture: Pubescent. Pedicel.—Surface Texture: Smooth, lightly pubescent. Length: On average 25 to 30 mm in length with 2 mm diameter. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Strength: Moderately strong. Receptacle.—Surface Texture: Lightly pubescent. Shape: Broad funnel. Size: 2 mm (h)×5 mm (w). Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Flower arrangement.—Location on vine: New growth only. Borne: Singly and clusters of 3 to 9 flowers per flowering branch. Flower bloom.—Size: On average, flowers are 110 mm in diameter and 15 mm in depth. Profile: Open flowers are nearly flat. Fragrance: None. Lasting Quality: Flowers normally remain up to 14 days on the plant. Tepals.—Tepal Color: Upon opening, the upper surface of tepals are Red-Purple Group 60B with intonations of Red-Purple Group 61C. The tip of the apex is White N155B. The lower surface is Purple Group 76A and Purple Group N77B towards the margins. There is a central bar of Greyed-Green Group 193B. Quantity: Normally 8 tepals. Size: 65 to 70 mm in length by 38 mm wide. Shape: Individual tepal shape is elliptic. The tepal apex is mucronate. The tepal base acute. Apex Recurvature: None. Tepal Cross section: Flat. Margins: Entire. Moderately undulated. Persistence: Tepals drop off cleanly. Reproductive organs.—Pollen: None observed. Anthers: Size: About 8 mm in length. Color: Greyed-Yellow Group 160D. Quantity: On average 35. Filaments: Color: White N155C with colorations of Violet Group 86C at base. Length: 10 mm. Pistils: Quantity: On average, 20. Stigmas: Inferior in location relative to the length of the filaments and the height of the anthers. Styles: Color: Yellow-White Group 158B. Length: 10 mm. Seed head characteristics.—Seed not observed to date. Plant: Plant form.—Mounding. Plant growth.—Very compact. Size.—Seasons growth attains 50 to 60 cm in height. Average spread is 40 to 50 cm. Stems.—Color: Juvenile stems are Yellow-Green Group 144A. Mature stems are Greyed-Orange Group 166B. Internodes: On average, 70 to 85 mm between nodes. Length: Normally 20 cm from the base of the plant to the flowering portion of the stem. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture: Mature stems are ribbed. Plant foliage.—Leaf characteristics: Deciduous. Arrangement: Trifoliate. Leaf Size: Compound leaves are about 120 mm (l)×130 mm (w). Leaflets are about 60 mm (l)×36 mm (w). Abundance: On average leaves per 10 cm of stem. Leaf Color: Juvenile upper Yellow-Green Group N144A. Juvenile lower Yellow-Green Group 144A. Mature upper Yellow-Green Group 144A. Mature lower Yellow-Green Group 144B. Stipules: Absent. Petioles: Size: Normally 50 mm in length by 2 mm diameter. Texture: Smooth. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A with intonations of Greyed-Purple Group 183A. Petioloule: Size: About 30 mm in length by 2 mm diameter. Texture: Smooth. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A with Greyed-Purple Group 183A. Leaflet Shape: Cordate. The base is rounded or oblique, and the apex is acute. Margin: Entire. Surface: The upper side is smooth, the lower side is smooth. Thickness: Moderate. Glossiness: Moderately glossy. Disease resistance.—Subject to any disease that normally attacks the species. However the variety is more tolerant to Clematis wilt, Ascochyta clematidina, than some Clematis known to the inventors. Cold hardiness.—The variety is tolerant to USDA Hardiness Zone 6. Heat tolerance.—The variety has been found to be suitable for climate conditions found in the American Horticulture Society heat zone 7.