Clematis 'Josephine'

Description

A serendipitous discovery by English Clematis expert Raymond J. Evison. He happened upon this singular beauty in a market in London in the 1980s. Seeing its uniqueness at once, he developed it into the garden-worthy masterpiece it assuredly is. Sporting an elaborate form and unusual coloring, each bloom begins as a compressed ball of thin petals before bursting and fluffing into a gigantic pom-pom in swirling tones of pink, green and ivory. Given more sun, the color tends to wander towards lilac pink. A rare, lovely and surprising specimen, like something out of a Victorian fairy tale.