'Diamond Ball' Clematis

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'Diamond Ball' clematis Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

2 favorite votes.

Origin:

Discovered by Szczepan Marczynski (Poland, 1999).

Class:

Early Large Flowered, Group 2.

Bloom:

Light blue, light green edges, ages to lighter . None / no fragrance. 30 to 50 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Small to medium, semi-double to double bloom form. Early-to-late summer.

Habit:

1 to 3 leaflets.

Height: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm). Width: up to 39" (up to 100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5a and warmer.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 5158 on 18 Dec 2015
Application No: 11-7434 on 14 Dec 2011

Breeder: Szczepan Marczynski, Pruszków, Poland
'Diamond Ball' originated from a discovery of a chance seedling in the Clematis garden at W. Piotrowski Container Nursery in Pruszków, Poland in 1999. It was discovered and developed by the breeder, Szczepan Marczynski in Pruszków, Poland.

United States - Patent No: PP 24,045 on 26 Nov 2013 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/385,281 on 10 Feb 2012

The new Clematis plant originated from an open-pollination in Pruszków, Poland of an unidentified selection of Clematis hybrida, not patented, as the female, or seed parent with an unknown selection of Clematis hybrida, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Clematis plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant in a controlled environment in Pruszków, Poland in 1999

Parentage:

Unknown × Unknown

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