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Clematis 'Moonbeam'

Small greenish-yellow flowers in large panicles. Cream anthers. This cultivar will reach two metres (6') if trained vertically. It can also be used to cascade and this is when it is at its most effective. A tender clematis requiring winter protection. Raised by Graham Hutchins of County Park Nursery, Hornchurch, Essex in 1990. A hybrid of 'Fairy' x C. foetida, named by Blooms of Bressingham.

Group:	Forsteri 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.	Mar Apr
Pruning:	No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:	G Hutchins
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1990
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Fairy' x C. foetida
Other name(s):	x cartmanii 'Moonbeam'