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Clematis 'Emilia Plater'

Small to medium, blue-violet flowers with darker veins and bar. Cream or green-yellow anthers on white filaments.

Szczepan Marczynski, on his website, writes that he cultivar name "commemorates Emilia Plater, the brave officer, who, at the age of 25, was killed during the Polish November Uprising (1830-1831) against Russian occupation. She is recognized as the symbol of Polish women fighting for their country's independence. Many artists - poets, writers and painters - have used her as a motif in their works."

Group:	Viticella group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Stefan Franczak
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1967 f1970 i1986
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	viticella 'Emilia Plater'; Wrongly: 'Emilia Platter'; 'Emilie Plater'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 8-15cm Tepals: 4; 5.5cm long, 4cm wide, margin crimped