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Clematis 'The Heroes of Warsaw'

Medium-sized to large, red-violet to dark purple-violet flowers with reddish shading on bar, outside silvery. Filaments white; connectives yellow; anthers yellow.

The name refers to the original parent Clematis 'Warszawska Nike'. The monument in Warsaw, "Warszawska Nike", commemorates The Heroes of Warsaw 1939-1945: civilians and soldiers who fought the German invasion of September 1939 and the subsequent German occupation. This new variety is tetraploid Clematis 'Warszawska Nike'.

Group:	Early large-flowered 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.	Jun Jul Aug
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	4 5 6 7 8 9
Raised by:	S Marczynski, A Majewska-Sawka, A Kunicka
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2010 n2019 i2020
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Tetraploid of 'Warszawska Nike' ('Warsaw Nike')
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-14cm Tepals: 5-6; 5-7cm long x 3-4.5cm wide, ribbed, broadly elliptic, overlapping, wavy-margined to occasionally jagged at rounded apex margin