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Clematis 'Królowa Jadwiga'

Large, silky-white flowers with prominent midribs which are greenish when young. Creamy-white filaments with purple anthers. Fruit-heads persistent. Named after Queen Jadwiga of Poland, who ruled 1384-1399 and is now venerated as Saint Hedwig by the Roman Catholic Church.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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.	May Jun Jul Aug
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Szczepan Marczynski
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1994 f1997 ni2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-16cm Tepals: (6-) 8; 6-8cm long, 4.5-5cm wide, wide-elliptic, blunt, overlapping, slightly wavy-margined Leaves: simple or ternate