Photo © 2019 Baumschule Sachs
Clematis 'Blue Maria'
Medium-sized, semi-double, nodding, bell-shaped, purple-blue flowers. Seed heads persistent.
| Group: | Atragene group |
Approximate height:  | 1.5 - 2.0 metres |
| Flowering period(s): | Apr May | Jun |
| Pruning: | No pruning (Group 1) |
| Raised by: | L Sachs |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Date raised: | r2005 n2014 i2017 |
| Parentage: |
Chance seedling from open-pollinated alpina (hybrid?) |
| Other name(s): | alpina 'Maria'; 'Maria' (Sachs) |
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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 than half length of sepals, but sometimes up to 3 or 4 staminodes maturing sepaloid, very narrow, two-thirds length of sepals, white tinged purplish blue; styles pale green; stigmas white. Database entry: 4286 | |