Clematis plant named ‘EVIpo017’

Abstract

A new Clematis cultivar which is well suited to propagation in glasshouses. With a tall growth habit, profuse, violet flowers, and continuous summer flowering. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for cultivation in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from propagation.

We claim:  
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Clematis plant named ‘Evipo017’, as illustrated and described herein as a distinct and novel clematis variety due to its abundant violet 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.