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Clematis 'Helen Cropper'

Large, or very large, pale pink flowers with irregular darker pink markings and deep red or brown anthers. Early summer flowers are often double, later flowers are single. Named after the raisers' grand-daughter.

Group:	Early large-flowered group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.0 - 2.5 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.	May Jun Sep
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	Light prune (Group 2)
Raised by:	Vince & Sylvia Denny
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1977 f1983 n1986 i1989
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 15-20cm Tepals: 6-8; 8cm long, 4cm wide, elliptic