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Clematis 'China Surprise'

Nodding or drooping, violet, urn-shaped flowers; outside pale violet-blue covered in greyish down. Cream or pale yellow anthers. Fruit heads persistent.

Group:	Heracleifolia group
Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	1.0 or less 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.	Sep Oct
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Ton Hannink
Country of origin:	China
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r2008 n2009
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Raised from seed of heracleifolia collected wild in China