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'Reiman' clematis Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Class:
Group 3, Late Large Flowered.
Bloom:
Dark purple, light purple stripes, violet-red anthers. Purplish red bar on reverse. None / no fragrance. 6 petals. Average diameter 7". Medium to large, single, ruffled edge bloom form. Late spring to early autumn, midsummer to midautumn.
Habit:
Height: 4'11" to 6'7" (150 to 200cm). Width: up to 32" (up to 80cm).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 22,652 on 17 Apr 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/927,361 on 12 Nov 2010 Latin name of the genus and species: Clematis jackmanii.
In 1982 the inventor, Aili Kivistik a citizen of Estonia, organized a group of unnamed, unpatented Clematis jackmanii varieties for an open pollination breeding project. Seeds originating from this open pollination were planted out, and the new variety was selected in 1986. Specific parents of the new variety are unknown, as the seed was bulk collected, without noting the variety collected from. All work was conducted at a non-commercial nursery in Roogoja, Estonia.
Notes:
Parentage in recent patent deviates from earlier statements. The breeding program was led by Uno Kivistik unti his death in 1998. Reiman
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