This Clematis was raised in 1972 by the Polish Jesuit monk Brother Stefan Franczak. In Polish dominika means “belongs to the lord” and is generally used as a girl’s name. The large pale mauve-blue flowers edged in deeper mauve and have cream anthers. Blooms are freely produced from December until April on a vigorous plant which can in the right spot grow 4 metres into a tree although generally it will only make 2-3 metres. As ‘Dominika’ flowers on the current year’s growth cut down to 15-30cm during winter. ‘Dominika’ makes a great plant to cover a fence, an arbour or trellis or clamber through trees.
Pruning Group 3