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Clematis 'Ocean Pearl'

Small, double or semi-double, nodding, bell-shaped, blue flowers. Filaments white, anthers yellow.

Group:	Atragene group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	2.5 - 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
Aspect:	Any aspect
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	New Leaf Plants
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1998 n2002 i2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Sport from 'Frankie'
Other name(s):	alpina 'Ocean Pearl'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 3 - 4cm Tepals: 4; 2-4cm long, 1-2cm wide, narrowly elliptic with acute tips. Staminodes usually numerous; either short, creamy yellow, broadly paddle-shaped and petaloid, 1-2 cm long, or blue, tinged purple, narrowly sepaloid, more