HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsGardensBuy From 
'Evijohill' clematis Description
HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.
'Josephine' clematis photo
Photo courtesy of Cathy Sorg
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
47 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
Origin:
Discovered by Josephine Hill (United Kingdom, circa 1980).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Guernsey Clematis Nursery in circa 1998 as 'Josephine'.
Class:
Early Large Flowered, Group 2.  
Bloom:
Pink, lilac shading.  6 to 8 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Large, full bloom form.  Early summer to early autumn.  
Habit:

Height: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Best in a sunny location.  Plant in partial shade to enhance green color.  Suitable for growing in a container.  This plant blooms twice.  It blooms on the previous year's growth, so resist the urge to prune it in early spring.  However, if you garden in a place with cold winters, Mother Nature will more than likely prune the plant for you.  It will bloom a second time on new growth.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 1992  on  23 Sep 2004
Application No: 97-1177  on  4 Nov 1997
Rights surrendered on September 23, 2016.
Breeder: Raymond J. Evison, Raymond J. Evison, Ltd., Channel Islands, United Kingdom; Mogens N. Olesen, Poulsen Roser International S.A.R.L., Gaillac, France
'Evijohill' originated from a mutation of an unknown clematis cultivar. The selection was made in 1994 in the Channel Islands.
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 2649  on  14 Mar 2008
 
United States - Patent No: PP 12,912  on  3 Sep 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/219,425  on  23 Dec 1998
Ploidy:
Diploid
Parentage:
Notes: