| Description | Clematis 'Matka Urszula Ledóchowska' is an early blooming, Polish variety of Clematis. It has large white flowers with red anthers. |
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| Plant Type | woody vines |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | large, white star-shaped, early season bloom, reddish anthers, tepals may have a green stripe |
| Stems | twinning or climbing vine |
| Maintenance | (#2 or Group "B" pruning) Proper pruning will do much to ensure a spectacular display. You want to prune lightly, removing dead and weak wood first to get a better view of the plant. Remember that the largest flowers will be produced on old wood, so you don't want to remove too much. Prune slowly from the top until you reach a good bud, one stem at a time. If the stems are growing together in a jumble, this is the time to carefully untangle them by cutting the old leaf petioles to sever the stems from the support. Spread them out and reattach them with twist ties. As new growths emerge in the spring, you can train them. If and when a "B" clematis has outgrown its space, and it needs remedial pruning or rejuvenation, meaning a hard cutting back, this can be accomplished after the spring flowering and still leave plenty of time for the new shots to mature for a good fall display (www.clematisnursery.com) |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Brother Stefan Franczak, a Polish Jesuit priest and Horticulturist |
| Misc Facts | It was named after Saint Urszula Ledóchowska, who founded the Congregation of Ursulines of the Agonising Heart of Jesus; she was canonized n 2003. Matika is a name that implies a pioneering spirit, a natural-born leader, highly focused and achievement-oriented. |
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