The Book of Ebenezer Le Page is a novel by Guernsey born writer Gerald Basil Edwards and depicts a fictional autobiography of his main character 'Ebenezer Le Page', a tomato grower and fisherman, born in the late nineteenth century who lived his whole life in ‘The Vale’, a parish in Guernsey where today The Guernsey Clematis Nursery is situated. The story is about his life and the dramatic changes on the Island from the late 19th century to the 1960’s.
In the novel, Ebenezer’s love of his life is Liza Queripel, so we have combined a little of Ebenezer and Liza, to name this clematis ‘Eliza’.
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Repeat flowering
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Compact growth
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Great for containers
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Large pale blue-white blooms with red anthers
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Easy pruning
This large-flowered clematis opens as a pale violet/blue, soon maturing to pure white with contrasting deep red tipped anthers. The blooms are ruffled or wavy, being produced from late spring through to early summer then repeat flowers from late summer onwards. A generous volume of blooms covers the plant from base to tip making for a very impressive display. With its compact habit and height of 90-120cm, Eliza would make a wonderful addition to a patio, in a container, or in the mid to front of a flower border on an obelisk or growing through host plants, where its longevity of successive flowers can be fully appreciated. In late winter/early Spring simply reduce all stems down to 6" (15cm) of soil level.
Official public launch will be at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026.
