What could be better than spending five hours introducing Polish clematis cultivars to the New World? Nothing! The sturdy new arrivals seem undaunted by their journey, and most were given further root pruning and planted into deep 4″ pots. Szczepan Marszinski sent us an inspiring selection of clematis cultivars bred in Poland, many not readily available in the North American trade. In fact, one of the clematis sent to us, ‘Maksymilian Kolbe’, bred by Noll (who bred ‘Niobe’), was thought to have been lost. FRCC President Sally Geist had the privilege of taking plants of ‘Halina Noll’ to Szczepan in June 2009, thus restoring the true form to the country where it was bred. Think of this gift to FRCC as insurance for some of these rare varieties, and a chance for these plants to reach new gardens once they are propagated. If lost in Poland, FRCC will be able to preserve and restore them.

Please be aware that these clematis were a gift to the Rogerson Clematis Collection, and will not be for sale. We will begin propagating them late next spring, and will eventually have plants for sale.

A display garden has been prepared for the Polish clematis, but we need to install companion plants and structures for them, and the weather needs to heat up!

The list of all of the cultivars we received follows. If you are unfamiliar with any of these, please visit Clematis-on-the-web (link is in our sidebar).

‘Agnieszke’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Aleksandra’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Anna Karolina’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Bieszczady’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Blekitny Aniol’ (Viticella Group) Introduced by Franczak
‘Danuta’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Dzieci Warszawy’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Noll
‘Gabriela’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Gizela’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Grazyna’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Jerzy Popieluszko’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Joanna’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Jolanta’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Julita’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Kamila’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Karolina Kozka’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Kryspina’ (Viticella Group) Introduced by Franczak
‘Lech Walesa’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Lidia’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Magda’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Maksymilian Kolbe’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Noll
‘Marcelina’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Matka Teresa’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Mazowsze’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Mazury’ (Large-flowered Hybrid, double) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Mikolaj Kopernik’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Moniuszko’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Oberek’ (Viticella Group) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Piotr Skarga’ (Large-flowered Hybrid, double) Introduced by Franczak
‘Polenez’ (Viticella Group) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Regina’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Serafina’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Solidarnosc’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Marczynski
‘Slowianka’ (Viticella Group) Introduced by Franczak
‘Sylwia’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Warszawska Olga’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Franczak
‘Wildfire’ (Large-flowered Hybrid) Introduced by Marczynski

Of these 38 varieties, 34 are new to the FRCC inventory.

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