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Clematis 'Lynne'

Small to medium sized flowers, pale blue to pale pink depending on light conditions, colour darker on the ribs. The reverse of the tepals has a silver-grey sheen. Flowers semi-nodding and broadly bell-shaped at first, becoming flattish, outward facing and erect. Yellow-green stamens. Very floriferous. Named by Ian Lang and Richard Green to commemorate a close friend, Lynne Evans, who died in 1997 following a long fight with cancer.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.5 - 2.0 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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aspect:	Sunny
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Ian Lang
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2000 f2002 n2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	x diversifolia 'Heather Herschell' x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 7-9cm Tepals: 4; 5-6cm long, 1.5-2cm wide, ribbed, tips slightly recurved Leaves: simple