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Clematis 'General Sikorski'
Clematis 'General Sikorski'
Growth height 300 cm
Award-winning bloom classic
- – Large blue-violet flowers with a fine reddish bar from June to September
- – Perfect for trellises, pergolas and pots – true to colour even in part shade
- – RHS Award of Garden Merit winner – a proven classic since 1980
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Goes well with
- Colour
- blue
- Height
- 300 cm
- Flower size
- 12-15 cm
- Flowering period
- June to September
- Pruning / care
- cut back to 100 cm in June
- Pruning group
- 2
- Hardiness
- Zone 6 -23.3 to -17.8 °C
- Supplied as
- 2 l pot, with sturdy shoots
Clematis 'General Sikorski' was introduced to the trade in 1980 by Polish breeder Władysław Noll and is named in honour of General Władysław Eugeniusz Sikorski (1881–1943), Poland's wartime prime minister in exile. Its 12–15 cm flowers glow in rich blue-violet with a fine reddish bar running from the base of each of the six to eight tepals, framed by creamy filaments and yellow anthers.
From June to September, 'General Sikorski' flowers in two flushes – abundant in early summer, followed by a second, slightly lighter flush in late summer. At around 300 cm, it climbs vigorously up trellises, pergolas and other supports, and also does well in containers on balconies and terraces. It prefers a sunny to semi-shaded spot – in semi-shade the blue-violet colour stays richest for longest.
'General Sikorski' is reliably winter-hardy (zone 6, down to about -23 °C) and ranks among the robust, time-tested varieties – not least thanks to the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. After the first flowering, cut the plant back to about 100 cm in June; in early spring it is enough to remove dead and weak shoots.
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