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Clematis 'Blue Maria'

Medium-sized, semi-double, nodding, bell-shaped, purple-blue flowers. Seed heads persistent.

Group:	Atragene 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.	Apr May \| Jun
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	L Sachs
Country of origin:	Germany
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2005 n2014 i2017
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Chance seedling from open-pollinated alpina (hybrid?)
Other name(s):	alpina 'Maria'; 'Maria' (Sachs)
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 9.5cm Tepals: 4; 4cm long x 2.5 cm wide, narrowly ovate, touching at base, with undulating margins, long-pointed with apiculate or acuminate apex, tip often twisted Staminodes: ten or more, usually petaloid, white, not more th