'Krakowiak' Clematis

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'Krakowiak' clematis Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Pink Mink ®

Origin:

Discovered by Szczepan Marczynski (Poland, 2000).
Introduced in Poland by Clematis Container Nursery in 2011 as 'Krakowiak'.

Class:

Group 3, Viticella Group.

Bloom:

Pink, red stripes. up to 4 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Small, single bloom form. Early summer to early autumn.

Habit:

Height: 8'2" to 9'10" (250 to 300cm). Width: 47" to 4'11" (120 to 150cm).

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 5159 on 18 Dec 2015
Application No: 12-7759 on 20 Sep 2012

Denomination: 'Krakowiak'
Trade name: Pink Mink
Breeder: Szczepan Marczynski, Pruszków, Poland
'Krakowiak' originated from an open pollinated cross conducted by the breeder, Szczepan Marczynski, between the female parent, an unknown Clematis viticella, and an unknown male parent in Pruszków, Poland in 2000.

United States - Patent No: PP 24,374 on 8 Apr 2014 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/506,084 on 24 Mar 2012

Inventors: Marczy ski; Szczepan (Pruszkow, PL)
The new Clematis plant originated from an open-pollination in 2000 in Pruszków, Poland of an unidentified selection of Clematis viticella, not patented, as the female, or seed parent with an unknown selection of Clematis viticella, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Clematis plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated open-pollination in a controlled environment in Pruszków, Poland in 2000.

Parentage:

hybrid of C. viticella L. × Unknown

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