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Clematis 'Blue Dancer'

Alpina type. Long, slender, nodding, flowers with pale blue tepals and white staminodes. The information below (from the International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002 ) gives J Boland as the possible raiser and Valley Clematis as the nursery to introduce it in 1995. Robin Savill says that it was raised by Raymond Evison and introduced around 1985.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 3.0 metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Apr May (Jun)
Aspect:	Any aspect
USDA zones: Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	J Boland?
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	i1995
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	alpina 'Blue Dancer'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 5-8cm Tepals: 4, 5-7.5cm long, narrow, slightly twisted, pointed, margin recurved