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The production team in Guensey are already excited about the 2012 growing season.  Following a mild winter, plants are already coming into life and growth has started.

Soon, it will be time to start the propagation season, which will last until mid October.

Last autumn's warm and sunny weather was a great bonus as the late season's cuttings rooted well and went into the winter period as very strong, healthy plants.

This all bodes well for the gardeners who purchase our plants from local garden centres.

The team in Guernsey are well underway with the plans for the 2012 Raymond Evison® Clematis exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show.

Following the great success of the 2011 exhibit and the much talked-about long walk-through archway of flowering clematis, the 2012 exhibit will continue on the same theme.  However, this year's exhibit will have a domed centre, bringing a further challenge to the construction team.

The steel structure has already been fabricated by Dave Le Page and all of the clematis plants have been placed in the Cold Store by Chris Ozanne's production tam to give them their needed winter cold period.

See the RHS website for details of the show and to buy tickets.

Our flowering Garland clematis will brighten your homes and those of your friends and can be planted in the garden afterwards. 

Raymond J Evison Ltd. has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Williams Memorial Medal for its exhibit of clematis plants at the Chelsea Flower Show 2010.  The award is granted to the best exhibit covering one particular genus of plants, out of any of the RHS shows, so the quality of competition is high.  This is the 6th time the company has won the award for a Chelsea exhibit.

In addition, Miss Maria Goncalves has been awarded the Mrs FE Rivis prize for her responsibility in growing the award-winning plants.

Raymond Evison says "I spent much time visiting British garden centres this Spring and summer to give talks and meet the people who are growing our Raymond Evison clematis so successfully. I also visited Oregon, Seattle and British Colombia. It has been a difficult gardening year in North America with excessive rain and then summer heat. However, one of the most rewarding aspects of my visits was to learn how successful our brand plants are growing in people's gardens both in the UK and the USA.

"Everyone loves Rebecca because of its long flowering, deep coloured flowers but other, much spoken about clematis include Diana's Delight, Cezanne and the older Josephine. I hope everyone continues to enjoy their clematis and add to their collections."

Click here to view the 4 minute video clip of Raymond's nursery in Guernsey including the clematis breeding programme and the new launches in 2010.

We are proud to announce that, for the 8th successive year, Raymond J. Evison Ltd. have been awarded a Gold medal for the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show exhibit. The exhibit featured in excess of 2,000 plants from a spread of over 30 cultivars bred by Raymond Evison Clematis.

Launched at Chelsea was the stunning c. Diamantina™, Evipo039(N), a plant developed by Evison® and Poulsen® in Raymond's Guernsey Clematis Nursery.  This exceptional clematis was discovered by Raymond as a sport in 2002 and has been developed over 8 years where it has proved to be outstanding in trials.