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Clematis 'Królowa Bona'

Semi-double to double, flat or flattish, medium-sized flowers, violet-purple with a purple-red bar which becomes paler as the flower matures. Filaments creamy white; anthers pale yellow. Seed heads persistent.

Bona Sforza d'Aragona (2nd February 1494 - 19th November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania, and the second wife of Sigismund I the Old.

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 \| 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
Country of origin:	Poland
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2013 n2021 i2022
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	S M cross '36-113-04' (s) x 'Jerzy Popieluszko'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 9-12 cm Tepals: 6-8 with up to 40 staminodes; 5-6.5 cm long x 3-4 cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping, with slightly wavy margins (particularly in the semi-double to double flowers), rounded (but with a distinct apiculus) to acute at tip, tip sometimes recurved, outside of sepals with light grey hairs