<i>Clematis </i>plant named ‘Evipo104’
PP034701 · 2022-11-01
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Abstract
A new Clematis plant with a compact growth habit, profuse, 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.
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1. A new and distinct variety of Clematis plant named ‘Evipo104’, substantially as described and illustrated, due to its abundant 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.
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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 ‘Evipo104’.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY
(4) The following is a detailed description of ‘Evipo104’, 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.
(5) For a comparison, several physical characteristics of the Clematis variety ‘Evipo074’ described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 28,407 are compared to ‘Evipo104’ in Chart 1.
(6) TABLE-US-00001 CHART 1 ‘Evipo104’ ‘Evipo074' Flower diameter 113 mm 135 mm Tepal upper Violet Group N87A Violet Group N88A surface upon blended with Violet with a central bar opening Group 83A with a Violet Group N79 B central bar of Violet Group 83D. Tepal count 6 6 Flower and flower bud: Blooming habit.—Continuous. The natural flowering period is generally from April to September. Flower bud.—Size: Normally 42 mm in length. Bud diameter is 15 mm. Bud form: Long campanulate, broad based. Bud color: Yellow-Green Group 145B. Texture: Very Pubescent. Pedicel.—Surface Texture: Pubescent. Length: On average 22 mm in length with 2 mm diameter. Color: Yellow-Green Group 145A. Strength: Moderately strong. Receptacle.—Surface Texture: Very pubescent. Shape: Broad funnel. Size: 2 mm (h)×4 mm (w). Color: Yellow-Green Group 145A. Flower arrangement.—Location on vine: New growth only. Borne: Singly & in clusters of 3 to 5 flowers. Flower bloom.—Size: On average, flowers are 113 mm in diameter and 25 mm in depth. Profile: Open flowers are flat concave. Fragrance: None. Lasting Quality: Flowers normally remain up to 14 days on the plant. Tepals.—Tepal Color: Upon opening, the upper surface is Violet Group N87A blended with Violet Group 83A with a central bar of Violet Group 83D. The lower surface is Violet Group 86A splashed with w/N155A. There is a central bar on the lower surface of White Group N155A. After opening, the upper surface is Violet Group 86A with a central bar of Violet Group N88A. The lower surface is Violet Group 85B with marginal intonations of Violet 83A, and a central bar of Green-White Group 157A central bar. Quantity: Normally 6 tepals. Size: 56 mm in length by 36 mm wide. Shape: Individual tepal shape is elliptic. The tepal apex is acuminate. The tepal base is obtuse. Apex Recurvature: Strongly curved. Tepal Cross section: Cupped. Margins: Entire with strong undulations. Persistence: Tepals drop off cleanly. Reproductive organs.—Pollen: Quantity: Heavy. Color: Greyed-Yellow Group 160D. Anthers: Size: 6 mm in length. Color: Yellow-Green Group 150B and 150D. Quantity: On average, 35. Filaments: Color: White Group 155A with intonations of Violet-Blue Group 93B at the base. Length: 6 mm. Pistils: Quantity: On average, 25. Stigmas: Inferior in location relative to the length of the filaments and the height of the anthers. Styles: Color: Yellow-Green Group 145B. Length: 13 mm. Seed head characteristics.—Seed not observed to date. Plant: Plant form.—Mounding. Plant growth.—Very compact. Size.—Seasons growth attains 32 cm in height. Average spread is 35 cm. Sterns.—Color: Juvenile stems are Yellow-Green Group 144B. Mature stems are Greyed-Red Group 179A. Internodes: 40 to 55 mm between nodes. Length: Normally 11 cm from the base of the plant to the flowering portion of the stem. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture: Mature stems are ribbed. Pubescent. Plant foliage.—Leaf characteristics: Deciduous. Arrangement: Trifoliate. Leaf Size: Compound leaves are about 120 mm (l)×118 mm (w). Leaflets are about 45 mm (l)×31 mm (w). Abundance: On average leaves per 10 cm of stem. Leaf Color: Juvenile upper Yellow-Green Group 144A. Juvenile lower Yellow-Green Group 144A. Mature upper Yellow-Green Group 146B. Mature lower Yellow-Green Group 148C. Stipules: Absent. Petioles: Size: Normally 50 mm in length by 2 mm diameter. Texture: Smooth. Color: Yellow-Green Group 144A. Petioloule: Size: About 11 to 15 mm in length by mm diameter. Texture: Smooth. Color: Yellow-Green Group and Red-Purple Group 183B. Leaflet Shape: Elliptic. The base is rounded, apex acute. Margin: Entire. Surface: The upper side is smooth, the lower side is smooth. Thickness: Moderate. Glossiness: Not 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.