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Clematis 'Stefan Franczak'

Small to medium, intense blue flowers with paler bar shading almost to white at base. Filaments white; connectives blackish dark green; anthers pale yellow. Fruit-heads not persistent.

Named after the Polish Jesuit monk (1917-2009) who was one of the leading clematis breeders of the 20th century

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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.	Jun Jul
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	S Marczynski
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2004 n2013 i2014
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	withheld
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 6-10cm Tepals: 6; 3-5cm long, 2-2.5 cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping, wavy-margined (even slightly toothed), tip cuspidate and often slightly recurved