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Clematis 'Ballerina in Blue'

Double flowers larger than macropetala. Deep blue at the base of the tepals, fading to pale blue at the tips. Long, protruding inner tepals. Creamy-green petaloid staminodes. A seedling of C. macropetala raised by Magnus Johnson in 1980.

Group:	Atragene 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.	Apr May
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	Magnus Johnson
Country of origin:	Sweden
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1980
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Seedling of C. macropetala
Other name(s):	macropetala 'Eximia'