'Miniseelik' Clematis

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'Miniseelik' clematis Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• C. 'Miniseelik'
• UNAI 007

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.

Origin:

Discovered by Aili Kivistik (Estonia, 1991). Discovered by Uno Kivistik (Estonia, 1991).

Class:

Group 3, Large-flowered, Late, Late Large Flowered.

Bloom:

Purple, red shading, white center. [Red, purple shading, purple stripes, ages to lighter .] None / no fragrance. up to 6 petals. Average diameter 3". Small to medium, single bloom form. Late spring to early autumn, mid-to-late summer.

Habit:

Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm). Width: up to 4'2" (up to 125cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b. Plant in sun or partial shade. Suitable for growing in a container. In early spring, cut back to just above the lowest set of healthy buds.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 22,678 on 24 Apr 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/927,359 on 12 Nov 2010

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 open pollination were planted out, and the new variety was selected in 1991. Specific parents of the new variety are unknown, as the seed was bulk collected, without noting the variety collected from. All work was conducted at a non-commercial nursery in Roogoja, Estonia.

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Jubileinyi 70 × unknown

Notes:

Miniseelik