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Clematis 'Queen of Holland'

Small, violet-blue flowers with a purple tip to the tepals. Yellow anthers on cream filaments which have a violet-blue base. The form was named to commemorate the visit of the Queen of Holland to Boskoop in 2003. Flowers on young shoots in summer. Wim Snoeijer says that this is a member of the 'Diversifolia group', but the International Register does not recognise this classification.

Group:	Integrifolia 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 Aug Sep
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Wim Snoeijer
Country of origin:	Holland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1996 i2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	withheld
Other name(s):	QUEEN OF HOLLAND™
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 4-8cm Tepals 4 (-5); 4cm long, 1.5cm wide, gappy, elliptic, cuspidate