Warsaw Nike Clematis Plants

Warsaw Nike Clematis Plants

Great big red-purple-violet flowers in June and July, repeating in September and October.
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Features

• Colour: Red-purple-violet
• Height: 2.5m - 3.5m
• Scent: None
• Flowering: June & July then Sept & Oct
• Type: Early large-flowered
• Habit: Climber
• Pruning group 3

Growing Warsaw Nike

Like all clematis, it prefers cool roots while its head is in full sun or part shade. It thrives in alkaline to neutral, moisture-retentive, well-drained soil. Water well after planting and keep soil moist during dry weather for the first few growing seasons.

Support by tying into wires or trellis. 

Did You Know?

Bred in the late 1960's by brother Stefan Franczak and introduced in 1982 by Fisk's Nurseries. The Pomnik Bohaterów Warszawy, Memorial to the Heroes of Warsaw, known locally as the Warszawska Nike, is a monument to the people of Warsaw who lost their lives in World War 2. It was sculpted by Marian Konieczny (1930-2017), along with the architect Adam Konieczny, and erected in 1964. Warszawa is Warsaw in Polish, pronounced var-shav-ah.
Sold as Midnight Showers in the US. 

Keep soil moist during dry weather in the first few growing seasons. Provide wires or trellis as support for the clematis. Prune in late winter or early spring back to a pair of healthy buds, and again after flowering in early summer.