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'Minister' clematis Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Class:
Early Large Flowered, Group 3.
Bloom:
Violet, dark red anthers, ages to violet-red . 4 to 6 petals. Average diameter 8". Large, single bloom form. Late spring to early summer, late summer.
Habit:
Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b. Plant in sun or partial shade. Suitable for growing in a container. It blooms on the previous year's growth, so resist the urge to prune it in early spring.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 22,899 on 31 Jul 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/932,188 on 17 Feb 2011 Latin name of the genus and species: Clematis jackmanii.
In 1982 the inventor, Aili Kivistik a citizen of Estonia, organized a group of unnamed, unpatented Clematis jackmanii varieties for an open pollination breeding project. Seeds originating from this crossing were planted out, and the new variety was selected in 1985
Notes:
Parentage in recent patent deviates from earlier statements. The breeding program in Roogoja was led by Uno Kivistik until his death in 1998. Minister
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