Ice Blue™ Evipo003 (N)

Guernsey Approved Clematis

The following varieties are suitable for the garden. They are reliable, easy to grow and multi-blooming, usually over a long period.

The Guernsey Clematis Nursery has bred and introduced these varieties over a few years. They have proved to be a good addition to any garden.

Ice Blue™ Evipo003 (N)

This early large-flowered cultivar has very large spring flowers, some 6-8 inches (15 to 20cm) in diameter; it is exceptionally free-flowering and the plant is covered with nicely shaped rounded flowers. It has a good repeat flowering habit. Its main flowering period is late spring-early summer and it repeats flowers late summer-early autumn. The white spring/early summer flowers are suffused with pale blue giving it a true ‘ice blue’ colour. The autumn flowers are smaller in size and sometimes slightly whiter than pale blue. The sepals are offset by creamy white anthers. It will flower at a low height from the previous season's growth and is therefore particularly suited to container culture. Suggested planting combinations: with evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees, with blue flowered ceanothus, with grey or purple foliaged shrubs as cotinus folii purpurius (the purple foliaged smoke bush).

Flowering	late spring-early summer and again late summer–early autumn
Zone	4-9
Height	2 - 2.5m (8ft)
Pruning	2

Planting Instructions

Clematis grown in containers are a beautiful way to add height to a patio or courtyard garden. Choose a container 18" (45cm) approx. diameter for a single clematis plant plus support. For larger containers consider planting two or more plants per container. When choosing a container, Terracotta or wood are the best materials.

Alternatively, choose a host plant and dig a hole about 18 inches (45cm) deep.

Bury the clematis root crown 2.5" (5cm) below soil surface.
Loosen out the clematis roots prior to planting.
Use loam based compost such as John Innes No. 3 or well-rotted garden compost.
To aid drainage provide a layer of small stones or pea gravel at the bottom of the hole/container.
Finally, plant low growing plants at the base of the clematis to provide shade for the roots.