'Ovation' Clematis

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'Ovation' Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Origin:

Bred by Nico Huisman (Netherlands, 2004).
Introduced in Netherlands by Huisman Boomkwekerij B.V. in 2014 as 'Ovation'.

Class:

Early Small Flowered.

Bloom:

Light green, ages to lighter . None to mild fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 1". Small bloom form. Early-to-midspring.

Habit:

Compact, spreading. Dark foliage.

Height: up to 4.75" (up to 12cm). Width: up to 1' (up to 30cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 8a and warmer.

Patents:

European Union - Patent No: EU35414

United States - Patent No: PP 24,954 on 7 Oct 2014 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/694,202 on 6 Nov 2012

Inventors: Huisman; Nico (Boskoop, NL)
‘Ovation’ was derived from a controlled cross made by the Inventor in Boskoop, The Netherlands in spring of 2004 between the female parent, an unnamed plant of Clematis marmoraria and the male parent, Clematis×cartmanii ‘Lunar Lass’ (not patented). ‘Ovation’ was selected in summer of 2006 as a single unique plant amongst the seedlings of the above cross.

Parentage:

C. marmoraria × Lunar Lass

Notes:

Groundcover or in containers.